Legal Opinion
United States v. Erie R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 2, 1914No. 1763PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey. Action for penalties by the United States against the Erie Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and the United States brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below, the United States, by 18 counts, charged the Erie Railroad Company with a violation of Act Cong. March 2, 1893, c. 196, § 1, 27 Stat. 531 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3174), which provides:
“It shall be unlawful for any common carrier engaged in interstate commerce by railroad to use on its line any locomotive engine in moving interstate traffic not equipped with a power driving wheel brake and appliances for operating the train-brake system, or to run any train in such traffic after said date that has not a sufficient number of cars in it so equipped…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Johnson v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Southern Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Delk v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co. v. BartschCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1925
- United States v. Erie R.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1915
- United States v. Louisville & Jeffersonville Bridge Co.District Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1916