Legal Opinion
United States v. Southern Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 4, 1973No. 72-1794PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
The United States appeals from the dismissal of an information by which Southern Railway Company was charged with eight violations of the Elkins Act, 49 U.S.C. § 41(1), in wilfully failing strictly to observe its published tariffs. We dismiss the appeal on account of former jeopardy, and expressly do not reach or pass upon the merits of the decision of the district court.
On eight different occasions between November, 1968 and the end of August, 1969, the Southern Railway Company (Southern) received and shipped eight separate shipments of sponge rubber carpet for the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Fong Foo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. BrewsterSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. SissonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. Nicholas DistefanoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Richard Victor Ponto, United States of America v. Raymond J. GrochowskiCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Serfass v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. Erle W. McGoughCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Blondes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- United States v. Ronald S. JenkinsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Jose Emiliano VelazquezCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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