Legal Opinion
Atlantic Coast Line R. v. Baltimore & O. R.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided November 8, 1935No. 2325PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHESNUT, District Judge.
In this case the plaintiff is seeking an accounting from the defendant and, based thereon, a fair division of joint rates for transportation of citrus fruit from Florida collected by the defendant from consignees on the delivery of the freight. The case is perhaps a natural sequel to Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. United States, 9 F. Supp. 181, where a three-judge district court, for the Eastern District of Virginia, refused to annul and set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission determining the proper division between northern and southern carriers…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Shields v. BarrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Chattanooga Foundry & Pipe Works v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Waterman v. Canal-Louisiana Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Chicago and North Western Transportation Company v. The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company v. Long Island Rail Road CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Southern Railway Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1976
- The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company v. The Alabama Great Southern Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad v. Long Island Rail RoadDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1978
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