Legal Opinion
Grand Trunk Western R. Co. v. Brown
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided April 6, 1940No. 7596, 8130, 8441PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PICARD, District Judge.
This opinion covers the above entitled cases which were, by agreement of the parties and order of the court, consolidated for trial and heard as one. They involved the value for tax assessment purposes of plaintiffs’ railroads as placed by the Michigan State Tax Commission. Plaintiffs herein seek injunctive relief against Vernon J. Brown, Auditor General of Michigan, restraining him from collecting any taxes in excess of an assessment base of $14,000,000 voluntarily paid by plaintiffs.
The assessments questioned are
1935 1936 1937
$20,400,000 $21,200,000 $20,350,000
Plaintif…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Olson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- The Minnesota Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Smyth v. Ames; Smyth v. Smith; Smyth v. HigginsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- State ex rel. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission of MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by5 opinions
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