Detroit United Railway v. City of Detroit
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
The Detroit United Railway Company brought this action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to enjoin the City of Detroit from enforcing the provisions of an ordinance regulating street railway fares in that city. The ordinance was passed August 9, 1918. It is printed in the margin.1
*431The bill attacks the ordinance upon two constitutional grounds: 1st, That it impairs the obligation of the company’s existing contracts; 2nd, That it is confiscatory and hence deprives the company of its property without due process of law. The suit came on for hearing before…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- City and County of Denver v. Denver Union Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Detroit United Railway v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Detroit United Railway v. City of DetroitSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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- City of Toledo v. Toledo Rys. & Light Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1919
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