Legal Opinion
Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 2, 1925No. 29PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
This action was brought in the Court of Claims to recover the amount by which tariff-rate freight charges on certain coal were reduced by government land-grant deductions; and. also to recover certain charges for switching and handling. The court made findings of. fact, and gave judgment for defendant. 57 Ct. Cls. 268. One of the lines of appellant’s railroad enters Alabama from the north and . extends southerly through Decatur, Birmingham and Flomaton to Pensacola, Florida, and thence easterly to River Junction, Florida. This is a land-aided line. Appellant has another line, extending…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. FinkSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Central Iron & Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Burke v. Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Hatch v. Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1879
- United States v. R. P. Andrews & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. East Coast Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Detroit Edison Co. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1942
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