Consolidated Turnpike Co. v. Norfolk & Ocean View Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO. THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court, to review judgments of the state courts where the Federal question is so devoid of merit as to be frivolous, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court on petition to rehear, by
Mr. Justice Lurton.
We gave leave to file the application for rehearing, not because of any doubt as to the correctness pf the decree previously announced, but because of our desire to prevent any misconception concerning the reasons by which our previous conclusion to dismiss was sustained. It is insisted that the certificate of the presiding judge of the court below, reciting that a Federal question was raised and passed upon by the court when it considered and disposed of the petition to rehear, was plainly not the certificate of the judge…
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