Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co. v. Behrman
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court under § 237, Judicial Code, and also the constitutionality under the impairment of obligation provision of the Federal Constitution of an ordinance of the City of New Orleans relating to the construction and operation of a belt railroad within the city, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
The plaintiff in error seeks to review the judgment of the state court upon the ground that it denied a Federal right asserted under the contract clause of the Constitution. Art. 1, § 10.
The suit was brought by the Mayor of the City of New Orleans, in his official capacity, to restrain the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company from proceeding under a municipal ordinance — No. 1997, New Council Series, dated September 4, 1903 — to construct and operate tracks over a public belt railroad reservation, and from operating cars, etc., over public belt railroad tracks, and to have the ordinance, so…
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