Legal Opinion
Archibald McNeil & Sons Co. v. Western Maryland Ry. Co.
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 29, 1930No. 1538PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WATSON, District Judge.
This is an action in trespass brought in the year 1923 by the Archibald McNeil & Sons Company, Inc., of New York, plaintiff, against the Western Maryland Railway Com*670pany, defendant, to recover damages for an alleged unreasonable preference or discrimination in violation of sections 3,. 8, and 9 of the Act of Congress of February 4, 1887, 24 Stat. 379, now known, with amendments, as the Interstate Commerce Act (49 USCA §§ 3, 8, 9). The jurisdiction of the court arises under said aet of Congress and by reason of the amount in controversy and diversity of citizenship of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Pollard v. VintonSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Alabama Midland Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission. Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati. N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Pennsylvania Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Archibald McNeil & Sons Co. v. Western Maryland Railway Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1931