Erie Railroad v. Board of Public Utility Commissioners
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OP ERRORS AND APPEALS OP THE STATE OP NEW JERSEY. The cases are stated in the opinion. The argument in Nos. 33 and 34 was as follows: Ther order imposes a burden upon the interstate traffic of the plaintiff in error and interferes with and impairs its ability to perform its duty as an interstate carrier of freight and passengers.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OP ERRORS AND APPEALS OP THE STATE OP NEW JERSEY. The cases are stated in the opinion. The argument in Nos. 33 and 34 was as follows: Ther order imposes a burden upon the interstate traffic of the plaintiff in error and interferes with and impairs its ability to perform its duty as an interstate carrier of freight and passengers. So far as relates to side tracks the execution of the order requires the entire destruction of several without any provision for reconstruction or relocation, and requires the destruction of others and suggests reconstruction at different grades…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
These are writs of error brought by parties interested in an order of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners of New Jersey, dated April 20, 1915, directing a change in fifteen places in the City of Paterson, where the Erie Railroad now crosses that number of streets at grade. The order was reviewed on writs of certiorari and affirmed by the Supreme Court, and on appeal by the Court of Errors and Appeals. 89 N. J. L. 57,24. 90 N. J. L. 672, 673, 714, 729, 677, 694, 715. The Erie Railroad Company made two applications to the Supreme Court, the second being based upon a refusal by the Board…
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