Legal Opinion

Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & N. R.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Alabama

Decided December 12, 1899PublishedCited by 6 opinions

In Equity. On petition by defendants for suspension of decree and supersedeas of injunction. Fuller E. Calloway hied a petition before the interstate commerce commission against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, the Western Railway of Alabama, and the Atlanta & West Point Railroad Company, alleging violations by said defendants of certain provisions of the act to regulate commerce; and such proceedings were had upon said petition that said commission ordered, in…

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In Equity. On petition by defendants for suspension of decree and supersedeas of injunction. Fuller E. Calloway hied a petition before the interstate commerce commission against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, the Western Railway of Alabama, and the Atlanta & West Point Railroad Company, alleging violations by said defendants of certain provisions of the act to regulate commerce; and such proceedings were had upon said petition that said commission ordered, in effect, that said defendants cease and desist from charging rates for the transportation of the several kinds or classes…

1Opinion of the Court

TOULMIN, District Judge.

This cause came on further to be heard on this, the 12th day of December, 1899, upon the previous proceedings, and the petition filed herein, on the 11th day of December, 1899, by said defendants, praying for a suspension of the decree rendered herein on December 2, 1899, and for a suspension and.supersedeas of the injunction issued herein on December 7, 1899, pending the appeal, which said defendants desire to pray from said decree. And, it appearing to the court that said defendants may be subjected to irreparable injury and to a multiplicity of suits if said decree…

2Cited by6 opinions

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  2. Rothschild & Co. v. MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931
  3. Los Angeles City Water Co. v. City of Los AngelesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California · 1900
  4. Louisville & N. R. v. United StatesDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1915
  5. New River Mineral Co. v. SeeleyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Virginia · 1902

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