Legal Opinion
City of Gainesville v. Southern Railway Co.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided March 3, 1969No. Civ. A. No. 1252PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
As a member of a Standing Screening Panel of the Fifth Circuit,1 my attention in my role of Chief Judge was called to the fact that in this case2 the Railroad by cross claim sought an injunction against enforcement of the Georgia statute involved*7643 on the ground that it was unconstitutional.
The moving papers also reflected that the Railroad formally requested the District Judge to certify the case to the Chief Judge for convening a 3-Judge Court, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 2281-2284, which the District Court declined to do. Apparently this was on the ground, not that the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ex Parte PoreskySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. v. EpsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Groendyke Transport, Inc. v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Clarence Jackson v. Hon. Emett C. Choate, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Jackson C. Floyd v. Stanley R. Resor, Secretary of the Army, and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Hargrave v. McKinneyDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1969
- Barry W. Langford, Carl Kunert, Joseph R. Mulvihill v. James E. Barlow, Preston H. Dial, Jr., John L. Quinlan, III and Wayland A. SimmonsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Langford v. BarlowDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 1968