Mississippi Railroad Commission v. Illinois Central Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS POR THE PIPTH CIRCUIT. The railroad commission, of the State of Mississippi, and its members and clerk, as appellants, bring to this court by-appeal the judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, -which court reversed the judgment of the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of Mississippi in favor of the appellants, and remanded the case, with directions to enter a decree for the complainant, the…
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS POR THE PIPTH CIRCUIT. The railroad commission, of the State of Mississippi, and its members and clerk, as appellants, bring to this court by-appeal the judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, -which court reversed the judgment of the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of Mississippi in favor of the appellants, and remanded the case, with directions to enter a decree for the complainant, the railroad company. The case, as it appears in the record, shows the following facts: The citizens of the town of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
The decision in this case by the Circuit Court of Appeals is reported in 138 Fed. Rep. 327, in which will be found a statement of the material portions of the evidence taken at the hearing before the trial court. It is unnecessary to repeat it.
The first objection raised by the appellant is, that this suit is, in substance, one against a State. The commission was created by the State of Mississippi, under the authority of its constitution and laws, for the purpose, of supervising, and to ’some extent controlling, the acts of the railroads operating within the State. Such a commission is…
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