Legal Opinion

Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. Michigan Railroad Commission

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 8, 1913No. 382PublishedCited by 57 opinions

APPEAL PROM THE DISTBICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POB THE EASTERN DISTBICT OP MICHIGAN. The facts, which involve the validity of an order of the Michigan Railroad Commission relative to intrastate transportation and switch connections in the city of Detroit, are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna

Appeal from a decree of the District Court, three judges sitting, denying a motion of appellants for interlocutory injunction against an order of the Michigan Railroad Commission and the denial of a motion of appellants for the continuance of a restraining order theretofore entered in the case.

The Commission was constituted by the Public Acts of the State and invested with quite full and detailed powers of regulation of the railroads of the State. Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1909, as amended by Act No. 139, 1911.

Section 7 as originally enacted and as amended is alone…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. The Minnesota Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  3. Wisconsin, Minnesota & Pacific Railroad v. JacobsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  4. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  5. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Central Stock Yards Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909

3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. Ohio Tax CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  3. Pennsylvania Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  4. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  5. Lawrence v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927

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