Legal Opinion

Producers Transportation Co. v. Railroad Commission

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 5, 1920No. 219PublishedCited by 115 opinions

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. The casé is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van- Devanter

delivered jfche opinion of the court.

We here are concerned with a statute of California and an order made thereuiyier by the state railroad commission, both of which are said to be repugnánt to the Constitution of the United States, and therefore invalid.

The statute declares that every private corporation or individual operating “any pipe line of any part of. any pipe line ... for the transportation of crude oil . . ; ', directly or indirectly, to or fpr the public, for hire, . . . and which said pipe line . . ..is constructed or maintained upon, along, over or under any public highway, and…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  3. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. Illinois ex rel. Drainage CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  4. Union Dry Goods Co. v. Georgia Public Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
  5. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. North Dakota Ex Rel. McCueSupreme Court of the United States · 1915

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3Cited by115 opinions

  1. Home Building & Loan Assn. v. BlaisdellSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Block v. HirshSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  3. Sproles v. BinfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  4. Exxon Corp. v. EagertonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. Marcus Brown Holding Co. v. FeldmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1921

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