Illinois Ex Rel. Dunne v. Economy Light & Power Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP ILLINOIS. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court under § 237, Judicial Code, to review a judgment of the state, court based on a finding of non-navigability of a river wholly within the State, are stated in the opinion. The Illinois River and its North Fork, the Des Plaines, are connected with the Chicago River and Lake Michigan by the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP ILLINOIS. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court under § 237, Judicial Code, to review a judgment of the state, court based on a finding of non-navigability of a river wholly within the State, are stated in the opinion. The Illinois River and its North Fork, the Des Plaines, are connected with the Chicago River and Lake Michigan by the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. By this means the Great Lakes are connected, with the Mississippi. The Ship Canal pours 300,000 'cubic feet per minute of water from Lake Michigan into the Des Plaines…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
This was a proceeding brought in the Circuit Court of Grundy County, Illinois, being an information filed by the Attorney General of the State on behalf of the people of the State on the relation of the Governor, against defendant in error, the Economy Light & Power Company, to.restrain that company from erecting a dam across the Des Plaines River and from causing the waters of the river to back up and overflow the lands of the State, to refrain from permitting the obstructions placed in the river to remain therein, and that certain deeds, leases and contracts made by the canal commissioners…
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- Willamette Iron Bridge Co. v. HatchSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Egan v. HartSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- United States v. Bellingham Bay Boom Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Cleveland v. Cleveland Electric Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Cameron v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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- Economy Light & Power Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1919
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