Legal Opinion
Gardner v. Commerce Commission
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided March 18, 1948No. 30401. Judgment affirmedPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
Henry A. Gardner, as Trustee of the Railroads and Properties of the Alton Railroad Company, appellant, filed a petition with the Illinois Commerce Commission on June 7, 1946, for an order authorizing discontinuance of operation of two passenger trains operated daily except Sunday on a 39-mile branch of the Alton line extending from Godfrey to Roodhouse, Illinois. After a hearing the commission denied the petition and, after denial of a rehearing, appellant appealed from the order to the circuit court of Madison County pursuant to section 68 of the Public Utilities Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1945,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- New York v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- State Public Utilities Commission ex rel. City of Springfield v. Springfield Gas & Electric Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1919
- Wabash, Chester & Western Railroad v. Commerce Commission ex rel. Jefferson Southwestern RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1923
- People ex rel. Cantrell v. St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Chicago, M., St. P. & P. R. Co. v. Board of Railroad Comm'rs.Montana Supreme Court · 1953
- Fleming v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Clinchfield RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1950
- Boston & Maine Railroad v. StateSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1952
- Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois Commerce CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
- Ill. Central RR Co. v. ILL. COMMERCE COM'NIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
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