Legal Opinion
Southern Pacific Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 29, 1939No. 613PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
This case involves the right of the Government to deduct from the public terminal-to-terminal tariffs of a railroad over a route, partly of land-grant aided mileage, identical with part of the mileage of another earlier constructed route of the same road between the same terminals, sums based upon the higher proportion of land-grant aided mileage in this latter route. On account of the importance of the question in administration, certi-orari was granted.1
The carrier owns and operates two lines of railroad between Portland, Oregon, and Roseville, California, and Davis, California, both…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Armstrong Paint & Varnish Works v. Nu-Enamel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Fox v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Burke v. Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Broad River Power Co. v. South Carolina Ex Rel. DanielSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- United States v. Central Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Southern Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Thompson v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co. (Two Cases). St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1950
- Henry H. Cross Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
- Santa Fe Pac. R. v. IckesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1944
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