Legal Opinion
Carolina & N. W. Ry. Co. v. Town of Clover
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 13, 1931No. 3037PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action instituted in the court below by the plaintiff, the Carolina & Northwestern Railway Company, to recover of the defendant the town of Clover, S. C., certain paving assessments paid under protest. The jurisdiction of the court was invoked on the ground of diversity of citizenship and also because it was claimed that the assessments in question had been levied in contravention of the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment and unduly burdened interstate commerce. Jurisdiction was challenged by the defendant, but was sustained…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Norwood v. BakerSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- French v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Houck v. Little River Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Wabash Ry. Co. v. City of St. LouisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
- City of Alexandria v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1961
- Northern Pacific Terminal Co. v. City of PortlandCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1935
- Teutsch v. City of Santa FeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
- Kansas City Southern Railroad v. City of DeridderLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
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