Keogh v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Action by John W. Keogh against the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error. This writ of error was sued out by plaintiff to reverse the judgment in favor of the defendant in the District Court.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Action by John W. Keogh against the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error. This writ of error was sued out by plaintiff to reverse the judgment in favor of the defendant in the District Court. He brought his action to recover threefold damages under the provisions of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (Comp. St. § 8820 et seq.). The declaration alleges in substance that on September 1, 1912, and for several years prior,…
1Opinion of the CourtFitzhenry, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Plaintiff in error seeks to set aside the judgment of the District Court against him in his action for damages against the defendants under section 7 of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (Comp. St. § 8829), upon the ground that the trial court erred in holding the fact that the freight rates charged and collected by the defendants had been found to be reasonable by the Interstate Commerce Commission was a defense to the action, and overruled plaintiff’s demurrers to the defendants’ pleas setting out the proceedings had before the Commission.
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. International Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Skinner & Eddy Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Interstate Comm. Comm. v. Ill. Cent. RRSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
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- Northwestern Oil Co. v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
- Maltz v. SaxCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
- Beegle v. ThomsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
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