Legal Opinion
United States v. Panhandle & Santa Fe Ry. Co. Panhandle & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1953No. 14192PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.
As this case reaches us it involves five claimed violations of the Safety Appliance Act 1 and the order of the Interstate Commerce Commission of June 6, 1910, issued in accordance with the provisions of that Act. In each of the five counts of its complaint, the United States, seeking recovery of the penalty provided by the statute, specified a movement of an engine and cars, which it contended constituted a train movement in violation of the air brake provision of the Safety Appliance statute in that “none of the cars in said train had their brakes used and operated by…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. Erie Railroad CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- United States v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Louisville & Jeffersonville Bridge Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- United States v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1915
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Jesus A. Trinidad v. Southern Pacific Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Guy A. Thompson, Trustee, Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1958
- United States v. Seaboard Air Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1958
- United States v. St. Louis-S. F. Ry. Co.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1953
- United States v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1954
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