Legal Opinion
United States v. Vacuum Oil Co.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided March 29, 1907No. Nos. 420, 421, 422PublishedCited by 6 opinions
On Demurrers to Indictments.
1Opinion of the Court
HAZED, District Judge.
The indictments, Nos. 420, 421, and 422, allege violations by the Vacuum Oil Company and the Standard Oil Company of New York of the act to regulate commerce and its amendments, including the so-called “Elkins Act,” passed February 19, 1903. Act Feb. 19, 1903, c. 708, 32 Stat. 847 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1905, p. 601]. The demurrers interposed to said indictments were practically argued at the same time. The cases involved similar transactions and legal questions, and will therefore be considered together.
It is commonly understood that the object oí the interstate…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Alabama Midland Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. Denver & New Orleans RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Tozer v. United StatesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1892
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Gamble-Robinson Commission Co. v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
- United States v. Metropolitan Lumber Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1918
- Draper v. Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
- United States v. Pacific & A. Ry. & Nav. Co.District Court, D. Alaska · 1912
- Hall v. BowersNebraska Supreme Court · 1928
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