Legal Opinion
Great Northern Railway Co. v. United States
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided October 3, 1962No. 46-61-Civ.-291PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DEVITT, District Judge.
' This is an appeal from an Order of the Interstate Commerce Commission denying the application of the plaintiff for alternate route authority to transport general commodities between certain points in Montana.1
Statutory jurisdiction is established. The plaintiff is a northern transcontinental railroad operating generally from St. Paul, Minnesota through Montana, to Seattle and Tacoma, Washington. Since 1935 it has conducted commercial truck operations auxiliary to its rail service in Montana.
The intervening defendants conduct over-the-road truck operations in the State…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. Pierce Auto Freight Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Federal Security Administrator v. Quaker Oats Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Schaffer Transportation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Quickie Transport Company v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1959
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1958
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Berg v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1962
- Great Northern Railway Company v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1962
- Soo Line Railroad v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1967