Legal Opinion
Florida Motor Lines, Inc. v. Railroad Commissioners
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided August 4, 1930PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.
— The material matters to be determined are whether an order of the railroad commission that is final in its nature and is predicated upon adversary hearing and affects conflicting claims of legal privileges, may be reviewed and should be quashed on a writ of certiorari issued upon the petition of a corporation claiming to have been injured in its legal privileges by the order.
“The writ of certiorari lies only to review the actions of courts, boards or officers exercising functions clearly judicial or quasi judicial. ’ ’ Sirmans v. Owens, 87 Fla. 485, 100 So. R. 734.
If an order of the…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- State v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of Florida · 1908
- St. Louis & O'Fallon Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Bailey v. Van PeltSupreme Court of Florida · 1919
- State ex rel. Young v. Duval CountySupreme Court of Florida · 1918
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Waller v. First Savings & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1931
- Bloomfield v. MayoDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1960
- South Atlantic Steamship Co. of Delaware v. TutsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1939
- Florida Motor Lines, Inc. v. Railroad CommissionSupreme Court of Florida · 1931
- Florida House of Representatives v. CristSupreme Court of Florida · 2008
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