Liberty Highway Co. v. Michigan Public Utilities Commission
District Court, E.D. Michigan
In Equity. Suit by the Riberty Highway Company, an Ohio corporation, and Edward Kabel, a citizen of Ohio, against the Michigan Public Utilities Commission, the five members of the Commission as,individuals, Andrew B. Dougherty, Attorney General of the state of Michigan, the prosecuting attorneys of Wayne, Ingham, Oakland, and Monroe Gpunties, Mich., and the commander and one of the members of the Michigan state police, to enjoin the enforcement by the defendants of an act of…
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In Equity. Suit by the Riberty Highway Company, an Ohio corporation, and Edward Kabel, a citizen of Ohio, against the Michigan Public Utilities Commission, the five members of the Commission as,individuals, Andrew B. Dougherty, Attorney General of the state of Michigan, the prosecuting attorneys of Wayne, Ingham, Oakland, and Monroe Gpunties, Mich., and the commander and one of the members of the Michigan state police, to enjoin the enforcement by the defendants of an act of the Michigan state legislature. On motion for preliminary injunction. The plaintiff Liberty Highway Company is an Ohio…
1Per curiam
Plaintiffs seek to have enforcement of Act 209 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1923 enjoined upon the ground of its alleged unconstitutionality, both under the Michigan and the federal Constitutions. They contend: (1) That it violates section 21 of article 5 of the Constitution of Michigan, in that its real object is not expressed in the title, and in that it contains a plurality of objects. (2) That it violates the interstate commerce clause of the federal Constitution, in that it unlawfully regulates and burdens interstate commerce. (3) That the Federal Highway Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp.…
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