Legal Opinion
Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. United States
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided October 19, 1951No. Civ. Nos. 2922-2925PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORDBYE, Chief Judge.
The cases involve the construction of the provisions of Section 321(a) of the Transportation Act of 1940, 49 U.S.C.A. § 65(a), which entitles “military or naval property of the United States moving for military or naval and not for civil use” to land-grant rates. Plaintiff seeks to recover certain balances claimed to be due from the Government by reason of certain freight shipments of military or naval property of the United States arriving from overseas and shipped on government bills of lading marked “Military”. Plaintiff in the first instance billed the United States…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Burke v. Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Russell v. SebastianSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Slidell v. GrandjeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Sonken-Galamba Corp. v. Union Pac. R.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by3 opinions
- The Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- United States v. Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1957