Legal Opinion
Southern Railway Company v. City of Morristown
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 22, 1971No. 71-1032_1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
This case involves a determination whether Ordinance Number 1813 (dated August 4, 1970) of the City of Morris-town, Tennessee, requiring Southern Railway Company to install and maintain entirely at its own expense three automatic signals at street-railway crossings in the city is arbitrary and unreasonable in light of all the circumstances and therefore in violation of the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
The action was instituted by Southern in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Continental Improvement Co. v. SteadSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. WaltersSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Erie Railroad v. Board of Public Utility CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- City of Gainesville, Georgia v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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