Legal Opinion
Emergency Fleet Corp. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 3, 1928No. 113PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the Court.
By Post Roads Act, July 24, 1866, c. 230, 14 Stat. 221-; Rev. Stat. §§ 5263-5266, the United States offered privileges of great value to any telegraph company which should elect to accept its provisions. In return, it required, by .§ 2 of the Act: “ That telegraphic communications between the several departments of the government of the United States and their officers and' agents' shall, in their transmission over the lines of any of said companies, have priority over all other business, and shall be sent at rates to be annually fixed by…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pensacola Telegraph Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Sloan Shipyards Corp. v. United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- US Bank v. PLANTERS'BANKSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Telegraph Co. v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Esteve Bros. & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by66 opinions
- Rainwater v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Pierce v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Jefferson County Pharmaceutical Ass'n, Inc. v. Abbott LaboratoriesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Puget Sound Power & Light Co. v. SeattleSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- City of Boston v. DolanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
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