Legal Opinion

Interstate Commerce Commission v. Southern Pac. Co.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Colorado

Decided May 12, 1896No. 3,377PublishedCited by 2 opinions

This was a suit by the Interstate Commerce Commission against the- Southern Pacific Company and other railroad companies to enforce an order made by the commission in respect to certain rates for transportation of freight.

1Opinion of the Court

HALLETT, District Judge.

This is a hill by the interstate commerce commission against the Southern Pacific Company and several other railroad companies to enforce an order of the commission, made November 25,1895, in a suit of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company against the said railroad companies. The Southern Pacific Company has filed a plea to the jurisdiction, alleging that it is not an inhabitant of this district, that it is a corporation of the state of Kentucky, and that it has its principal office in the city of San Francisco, in the state of California. Following this there is in the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Interstate Commerce Commission v. Texas & Pac. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1893

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Interstate Commerce Commission v. Western New York & P. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania · 1897
  2. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington · 1897

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