Legal Opinion
Texas Electric Ry. Co. v. Eastus
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided December 29, 1938No. 3662, 3663PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ATWELL, District Judge.
By these two bills the complainant seeks to avoid certain provisions of the Labor Board Act and of the Tax Act, Act Aug. 29, 1935, 49 Stat 974.
It alleges in each bill, that, it operates interurban lines between Dallas and Waco, Texas, Dallas and Corsicana, Texas, Dallas and Denison, Texas, and street lines within the cities of Waco, Corsicana, Waxahachie, Denison, Sherman and McKinney. That it is a true electric interurban system, within the provisions of Section 1 of the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 151, and that as such, it is exempt from any and all of the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Virginian Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- St. Joseph Stock Yards Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
10 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by11 opinions
- Sprague v. WollCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941
- Burke v. MorphyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- United States v. Houston H. Feaster, Individually and as Director, Alabama State DocksdepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Chicago, S. S. & S. B. R. R. v. FlemingCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940
- Sprague v. WollCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941
6 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.