Legal Opinion · Dissent

Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co. v. Railroad Commission

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 9, 1942Published

1DissentBrown, C. J.

I dissent upon the authority of Seaboard Airline R. Co. v. Wells, et al., 100 Fla. 1027, 130 So. 587; Central Truck Lines v. Railroad Commission, 118 Fla. 555, 180 So. 26; Union Bus Co. v. Douglass, et al., 123 Fla. 292, 166 So. 582. I think that if the majority of the Railroad Commissioners had applied the principles laid down in the above cases they would have reached a different conclusion. The Commission must have realized that they were departing from these older cases, when they stated in the majority opinion that: “Orders and decisions denying motor carrier applications made ten years…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. S. A. L. Ry. Co. v. R. R. Comr's.Supreme Court of Florida · 1930
  2. Central Truck Lines, Inc. v. Railroad CommissionSupreme Court of Florida · 1935
  3. Union Bus Co. v. DouglassSupreme Court of Florida · 1936

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