Legal Opinion

Inter-Island Steam Nav. Co. v. Territory of Hawaii

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided April 16, 1938No. 8569PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HANEY, Circuit Judge.

The applicability and validity of an act of the Territory of Hawaii levying fees on public utilities are here involved.

Appellant is a corporation duly organized prior to 1913 under the laws of the Kingdom of Hawaii, a political predecessor of the Territory of Hawaii. It is a common carrier, having owned and still owning, controlling, and operating numerous vessels and other property incidental to the transportation of passengers and freight exclusively between the different parts of the Territory.

Appellee is the Public Utilities Commission of the Territory, created by Act…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
  2. National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
  3. Swift & Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  4. Second Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  5. The Minnesota Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Jose Guerrido, Libellant v. Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1956
  2. Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. Environmental Improvement CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
  3. Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co. v. Territory of HawaiiSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  4. Anderson v. Mullaney, Commissioner of Taxation of Territory of AlaskaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
  5. Sancho v. Bacardi Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940

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