City of Des Moines v. Des Moines City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a bill brought in the Circuit Court by an Iowa corporation against a city of Iowa. The ground of jurisdiction is that a resolution of the City Council of that city is a law impairing the obligation of contracts within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States, and if carried out will take the property of the corporation without due process of law, contrary to the Fourteenth Amendment. The Circuit Court granted an injunction against the enforcement of the resolution, and the defendant appealed to this court.
The plaintiff, the appellee, sets up, under a certain ordinance, a…
2Cited by17 opinions
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- Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. City of ShawneeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910
- Kelly v. Consolidated Gas Electric Light & Power Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1927
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