Legal Opinion
Piedmont & Northern Ry. Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 24, 1930No. 164PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brandeis
Paragraph 18 of § 1 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended by Transportation Act, 1920, February 28, c. 91, § 402, 41 Stat. 456, 477-8, prohibits any carrier by railroad subject to that Act from undertaking any extension of its lines or construction of new lines, without first obtaining from the Interstate Commerce Commission a certificate of public necessity and convenience. Paragraphs 19 and 20 provide for applications for certificates and prescribe the procedure and mode of disposal. Paragraph 22 exempts from the scope of those provisions the construction of industrial and certain…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Swift & Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Colorado v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- The Chicago Junction CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- United States v. Los Angeles & Salt Lake RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Public Serv. Comm'n of Utah v. Wycoff Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Rochester Telephone Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- United States v. GriffinSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Piedmont & Northern Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Powell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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