Atlantic Coast Line Ry. Co. v. Railroad Commission of Georgia
District Court, N.D. Georgia
In Equity. Suit by the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company against the Railroad Commission of Georgia restrain enforcement of an order for refund of a portion of the r_*ce collected by the carrier.
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, District Judge.
The Railroad Commission of Georgia, by sections 2630 and 2631 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, has power to make intrastate railroad rates, by section 2633 has power to investigate violations of its regulations, by section 2664 may fix penalties for fail*323ure to adjust freight charges, and by section 2667 the railroads are required to comply with the orders and requirements of the commission, under heavy maximum penalties to be recovered by suit in court. Under these provisions of law the commission has investigated alleged overcharges on two carloads of fertilizer…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Western & A. R. R. v. Railroad CommissionDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1921
3Cited by10 opinions
- Healy v. RattaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. BooneSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- San Antonio & A. P. Ry. Co. v. D. M. Picton & Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1937
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Railroad CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1924
- Dewar v. BrooksDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1936
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