Legal Opinion
Contract Cartage Co. v. Morris
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided June 14, 1932No. 317-DPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODWARD, District Judge. .
Plaintiff, by its bill, seeks to enjoin state officers from enforcing subsection 5 of section 3 of the Motor Vehicle Act of Illinois, as amended by act in force July 1, 1931, which, reads as follows:
“The length of any single vehicle or combination of tractor and semi-trailer shall not exceed thirty-five feet. Where trailers are used the length of any vehicle, or vehicles, combined with their trailers, shall not exceed sixty-five feet until January 1, 1933 and after that date forty feet. Nor shall the length, of any unit of the combination exceed thirty-five feet.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Sproles v. BinfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Hendrick v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Silver v. SilverSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- State Bd. of Tax Commr's of Ind. v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. FlemingCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1946
- Young v. JulianDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1951
- Werner Transp. Co. v. HughesDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1937