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Spiller v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 17, 1920No. 137-145PublishedCited by 121 opinions

ERROR AND CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney

Plaintiff in error commenced an action against defendants in error jointly in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri under § 16 of the Act to Regulate Compierce as amended (Act of February 4, 1887, c. 104, 24 Stat. 379, 384;-June 29, 1906, c. 3591, 34 Stat. 584, 590; June 18,-1910, c. 309, 36 Stat. 539, 554), to recover certain amounts awarded to him against them respectively in a reparation order made by the Interstate Commerce Commission January 12, 1914. His petition contained also a count setting up a conspiracy between defendants for the restraint of…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
  2. Diaz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. McClellan v. CarlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  4. Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  5. Meeker & Co. v. Lehigh Valley RRSupreme Court of the United States · 1915

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3Cited by121 opinions

  1. Crowell v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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  4. Opp Cotton Mills, Inc. v. Administrator of the Wage & Hour Division of the Department of LaborSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  5. Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934

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