Railroad Commission v. Central of Georgia Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama. Bill against the Railroad Commission of Alabama and another by the Central of Georgia Railway Company.
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Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama. Bill against the Railroad Commission of Alabama and another by the Central of Georgia Railway Company. With this were heard bills against the Railroad Commission of Alabama and another by the Central Trust Company of New York, by the Western Railway of Alabama, by the South & North Alabama Railroad Company, by the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, and by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. • The bills in these cases were filed to enjoin the enforcement of certain passenger and freight…
1Opinion of the CourtShelby, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). We assume as true and indisputable that the federal courts have jurisdiction and authority to annul and enjoin acts oí a state Legislature that are confiscatory or otherwise in conflict with the Constitution; that they have no right to decline to exercise such jurisdiction when properly invoked; that every citizen, when the amount involved is sufficient and there is either diverse citizenship or a federal question involved, has the right to invoke such jurisdiction; that when such jurisdiction has attached it is exclusive, in the sense that state courts or…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. WellmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Davis v. SchwartzSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Trustees of the Village of Saratoga Springs v. Saratoga Gas, Electric Light & Power Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Georgia Railroad v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Idaho Power & Light Co. v. BlomquistIdaho Supreme Court · 1914
- Dominguez Land Corp. v. DaughertyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1925
- Cravens v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1922
- Tennessee Valley Authority v. Tennessee Electric Power Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1937
- Louisville & N. R. v. Railroad Commission of AlabamaDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1913
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