Tap Line Cases
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES COMMERCE COURT. These are all appeals from decrees of the United States Commerce Court (209 Fed.
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APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES COMMERCE COURT. These are all appeals from decrees of the United States Commerce Court (209 Fed. Rep. 244) annulling orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission refusing in whole or in part to compel certain common carriers which had filed schedules cancelling former schedules covering through routes and joint rates with the Louisiana & Pacific Railway Company, the Woodworth & Louisiana Central Railway Company, the Mansfield Railway & Transportation Company and the Victoria, Fisher & Western Railroad Company, appellees, hereinafter referred to as tap lines, to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
A preliminary objection is made to the jurisdiction of the Commerce Court in that the order of the Commission is not reviewable because merely of a negative character. The Commerce Court examined this question and in view of the amended order of October 30, 1912, reached the conclusion that the order was affirmative in its nature and of a character permitting of review by proper proceedings in that court under the act giving it jurisdiction in such cases. We find no reason tó differ with this conclusion and are of opinion that the Commerce Court had jurisdiction in the case.
It is further…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- United States Ex Rel. Attorney General of the United States v. Delaware & Hudson Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Coe v. ErrolSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Hairston v. Danville & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- United States v. Union Stock Yard & Transit Co. of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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3Cited by58 opinions
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- Woollcott v. . ShubertNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- United States v. Brooklyn Eastern District TerminalSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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