Legal Opinion
George Allison & Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 7, 1939No. 7362PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGroner, C. J.
Appellants filed in the court below a petition, for a writ of mandamus to compel the Commission to award damages in accordance with its findings in a rate proceeding. The action was begun prior to the effective date of the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c, but we think that, notwithstanding the writ has been abolished, rule 81 (b), similar relief is still available and the substantive rights of the parties are governed by principles which were formerly applied in mandamus cases.
The District Court dismissed the petition.
Petitioners are shippers and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific R.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Arizona Grocery Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. International Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. United States Ex Rel. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Hammond v. HullCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Youngblood v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944
- Levy v. WoodsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948
- Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission, Maine Central Railroad Company, Intervenors. Maine Central Railroad Company v. United States of America, and Interstate Commerce Commission, Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company, Intervenor. Robert W. Meserve and Benjamin H. Lacy, Trustees of the Property of Boston and Maine Corporation, Debtor v. United States of America, and Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Ashland Coal & Ice Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1945
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