Legal Opinion

Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co. v. City of Minneapolis

District Court, D. Minnesota

Decided August 15, 1916PublishedCited by 6 opinions

In Equity. Suit by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company against the City of Minneapolis and others, to restrain the enforcement of a municipal ordinance which required the railway company to depress its tracks, in which the Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Company and others intervened. On final hearing. Permanent injunction against the enforcement of the ordinance issued.

1Opinion of the Court

BOOTH, District Judge.

This is a suit brought by the plaintiff railway company against the city and certain of its officers, for a permanent injunction to restrain the defendants from taking any steps to enforce the provisions of an ordinance passed by' the- city council of said city, requiring the railway company to depress the plane of certain of its roadbed and tracks between Sixth Avenue South, and Thirty-Second Street East, in the city of Minneapolis, in accordance with the terms of said ordinance, and certain plans and specifications prepared *387by the city engineer. A motion to dismiss, on…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Poindexter v. GreenhowSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. The Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  4. El Paso & Northeastern Railway Co. v. GutierrezSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  5. Butts v. Merchants & Miners Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Taylor v. HallNebraska Supreme Court · 1935
  2. City of Birmingham v. Louisville N. R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1926
  3. Dierkes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1921
  4. Hannabass v. Maryland Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1938
  5. McFarland v. City of CheyenneWyoming Supreme Court · 1935

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