Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Williams
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 21, 1928No. 16, OriginalPublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is a petition by Williams, the tax commissioner of Nebraska, and 71 county treasurers asking for a writ of mandamus to be directed to District Judge Woodrough of the federal court for that State. A rule to show cause issued, 276 U. S. 597; and the return has been made. The petitioners are the defendants in a suit in equity commenced in that court by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. When the cause was ripe for final hearing, they moved the district judge to call to. his assistance two other federal judges, as provided…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Prentis v. Atlantic Coast Line Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Keller v. Potomac Electric Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- United States v. Los Angeles & Salt Lake RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Phillips v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Ex Parte BransfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Hill v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- John Marshall v. Grant Sawyer, as Governor of the State of NevadaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
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