Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Foster
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. APPEALS FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. The cases are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. APPEALS FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. The cases are stated in the opinion. If an individual had compiled this-information in New York, taken train to Massachusetts, and after arrival there disclosed his knowledge either by lecture or publication in print, it would hardly be contended that the lecture or publication was not subject to state control, on the ground that the information had been acquired in one State and was being distributed in another. It would be plain that the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
Four cases were argued together in this Court. The first two were suits in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, one a statutory petition by the telegraph companiés to have an order of the Public Service Commission annulled, the other a bill by the Commission to have the same .order enforced: The cases were consolidated and reserved on the pleadings for determination by the full Court, which decreed that the petition of the plaintiffs , in error should be dismissed and the order of the Commission obeyed. 224 Massachusetts, 365. The order recited that the Gold and Stock Telegraph…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Swift & Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Leisy v. HardinSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Savage v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Kansas Ex Rel. ColemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Board of Trade of Chicago v. Christie Grain & Stock Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
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3Cited by118 opinions
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Baldwin v. G. A. F. Seelig, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Pennsylvania v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Frost & Frost Trucking Co. v. Railroad Comm'n of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Stafford v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
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