Legal Opinion
Morgenthau v. Sugar Land Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 3, 1936No. 7874PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
A decree on final hearing dismissed a bill in equity which was filed June 1, 1927, by the Director General of Railroads against Sugar Land Railway Company to obtain an account of the moneys collected by the latter during the period of federal control of railroads from January 1, 1918, to March 1, 1920, in which moneys the railroads controlled by the Director General were interested because of joint rates on the freight handled. The bill admits that Sugar Land Railway Company had made monthly divisions, but alleges that the divisions had never been fixed by the State…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Brimstone Railroad & Canal Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- North Carolina Railroad v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Atlantic Coast Line R. v. Baltimore & O. R.District Court, D. Maryland · 1935
- Atlantic Coast Line R. v. Pennsylvania R.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1935
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3Cited by6 opinions
- In re Penn Central Transportation Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- Baltimore & OR Co. v. ThompsonDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1948
- Thompson v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co. (Two Cases). St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1950
- New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad Company v. FollmerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
- In the Matter of Penn Central Transportation Company, Debtor. Appeal of Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company, in No. 72-1436. Appeal of Members of the Committee of Interline Railroads, in No. 72-1437. Appeal of Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, in No. 72-1438Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
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