Legal Opinion
United States v. Fruit Growers Express Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 13, 1929No. 305PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
The case is brought here under par. 2 of § 238 of the Judicial Code, as amended by the Act of February 13, 1925, c. 229; 43 Stat. 936, 938. The paragraph was originally enacted in the Act of March 2, 1907, c. 2564; 34 Stat. 1246. It provides for appeals in criminal cases where the decision of the District Cóurt is adverse to the United States and the defendant has not been put in jeopardy.
This review is of an indictment of 75 counts against the Fruit Growers Express Company, a corporation of Delaware, engaged in icing and re-icing refrigerator cars containing shipments of perishable…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. VoigtSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Goodrich Transit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Ellis v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans Railroad v. Pullman Southern Car Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Matter of DoneganNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- United States v. Stacey Lynn MerktCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Berg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
- United States v. Encarnacion MorenoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Atherton v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1936
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