Legal Opinion
Railroad Commission v. Southern Pacific Company
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 12, 1971No. 11822PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’QUINN, Justice.
Southern Pacific Transportation Company, formerly Southern Pacific Company, applied to the Railroad Commission for authority to discontinue the company’s railroad agency at Elsa, in Hidalgo County, and to transfer that agency’s duties to Edinburg, a distance of about twelve miles. In its technical aspects the application sought to discontinue the existing agency, retire the depot, and change applicable tariffs to show Elsa as a non-agency station.
The Railroad Commission entered an order dated October 22, 1968, denying the application.
Southern Pacific filed suit in district…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Railroad Commission of Texas v. Shell Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1942
- Trapp v. Shell Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1946
- Shupee v. Railroad CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1934
- Cooper Petroleum Co. v. LaGloria Oil and Gas Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1969
- Thomas v. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1946
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3Cited by24 opinions
- State v. HodgesonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
- American Oil Co. v. ValentiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Cotton v. John W. Eshelman & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- State v. SpringerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1973
- O'Shea v. International Business MacHines Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1979
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