Legal Opinion
Greater Hartford Free Bridge Ass'n v. Greater Hartford Bridge Authority
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided November 7, 1958No. Civ. A. No. 7460PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs, a bridge user and taxpayer of Hartford, and an alleged unincorporated association of bridge users, sue to enjoin the collection of tolls on Bulkeley Bridge, formerly a free bridge, and for a declaration of invalidity of Public Act 508 of the 1955 Public Acts of the Connecticut General Assembly, creating the Bridge Authority. Plaintiffs assert jurisdiction in this court under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and 1337.
Plaintiffs apparently concede that some tolls could be collected [cf. City of St. Louis v. Cavanaugh, 357 Mo. 204, 207 S.W.2d 449], but contend that the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Healy v. RattaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Clark v. Paul Gray, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- City of St. Louis v. CavanaughSupreme Court of Missouri · 1948
- Fletcher v. GerlachDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1947
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Theodore W. Kheel v. The Port of New York AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Wallace v. City of Rock IslandDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 1961
- Wallace v. City of Rock IslandCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1962
- Greater Hartford Free Bridge Ass'n v. Greater Hartford Bridge AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- State ex rel. Anderson v. City of MadisonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
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