Legal Opinion

White Star Bus Line, Inc. v. District Court

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Decided March 16, 1938No. 1131Published

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hutchison

The owners and drivers of certain automobiles, licensed as public carriers, appealed to the district court from an order of the Public Service Commission designed to eliminate competition with the "White Star Bus Line, Inc. In the district court appellants obtained an interlocutory order of supersedeas. The bus line then obtained from this Court a writ of certiorari to review the interlocutory order of supersedeas.

Petitioner relies on the following alleged errors of procedure : that the district judge annulled petitioner’s exclusive franchise as well as the order appealed from; that the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Public Service Commission v. Wisconsin Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
  2. People ex rel. Croker v. SturgisNew York Supreme Court · 1902
  3. Mountain View Rural Telephone Co. v. Interstate Utilities Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1934
  4. In re Peoples Gas & Electric Co.New York Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Queens Borough Gas & Electric Co. v. MaltbieNew York Supreme Court · 1934

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