Siler v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF-THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, hereinafter called the company, filed its bill July 25, 1906, . in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky, to enjoin the. enforcement of a certain' order made by the railroad commission of Kentucky (hereafter called the commission), providing what, are termed, maximum rates on the transportation of all…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF-THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, hereinafter called the company, filed its bill July 25, 1906, . in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky, to enjoin the. enforcement of a certain' order made by the railroad commission of Kentucky (hereafter called the commission), providing what, are termed, maximum rates on the transportation of all commodities upon the railroad of the company to and from all points within the State. In its bill, the company contended…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
The appellants deny the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court in this case. There is no diverse citizenship in the case of this particular company, and the jurisdiction must depend upon the presence of a Federal question. The bill filed by the company herein attacked the validity of the act of the legislature of Kentucky, of March 10, 1900 (above set forth in full), on several grounds, as in violation of § 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment. It was also averred that the act was a violation of § 4, Art. XV, of the Federal Constitution, in that it constituted an abandonment by the State of Kentucky of-a…
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