Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. v. Railroad Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the impairment of obligation clause of the Federal Constitution and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of .an order of the Wisconsin State Railroad Commission establishing fares upon the system of the plaintiff in error, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the impairment of obligation clause of the Federal Constitution and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of .an order of the Wisconsin State Railroad Commission establishing fares upon the system of the plaintiff in error, are stated in the opinion. This court will determine for itself the existence or nonexistence of the contract and whether the state law complained of impairs its obligation. Where the Effect of a change in decision detrimentally affects contract rights,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This suit originated in the Circuit Court of Dane County, Wisconsin, and was brought by the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company against the Railroad Commission of Wisconsin. The plaintiff, a street railway company, organized under the laws of Wisconsin, and authorized to conduct a street railway business in the City of Milwaukee, sought to enjoin the Railroad Commission, organized under the laws of that State of 1905, from enforcing a certain order against the Company, whereby the right of the Railway Company to charge fares upon its railway system had been' reduced below what it was…
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