Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Pitcairn Coal Co. v. Baltimore & O. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maryland
Decided June 11, 1907PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Petition for Mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS, District Judge.
This petition for mandamus, to require the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company to cease from subjecting the relator and other coal companies on the Monongah Division to undue and unreasonable discrimination in the shipping and transportation of coal, was filed January 16, 1907, by the relator, the Pitcairn Coal Company, a corporation of West Virginia, against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and the Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad Company and 37 coal companies, most of them operating mines in West Virginia in what is known as the “Fairmont region.” Of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- West Virginia Northern R. v. United States ex rel. Kingwood Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1904
- In re LewinDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 1905
- Des Moines Life Ass'n v. CrimCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1904
3Cited by4 opinions
- Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1925
- Logan Coal Co. v. Pennsylvania R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1907
- Merchants' Coal Co. v. Fairmont Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1908
- Majestic Coal & Coke Co. v. Illinois Cent. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois · 1908