Legal Opinion
United States v. Lehigh Valley R. Co.
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 19, 1930No. 5901PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATSON, District Judge.
The defendants were indicted on October 29, 1929, for a violation of the Elkins Act (U. S. Code, title 49, § 41 [49 USCA § 41]). They have filed pleadings attacking the validity of the indictment. Each defendant has filed a plea in abatement the legal sufficiency of which the government attacks by demurrers. Each defendant has also filed a motion to quash, and in each case a rule was granted to show cause why the indictment should not be quashed. Both proceedings have been adopted by counsel for defendants in order to avoid a possible denial of their claims upon purely…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Holt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Coffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Armour Packing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Rosen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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3Cited by11 opinions
- United States v. David Ransom HeathCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
- United States v. Apex Distributing Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
- United States v. American Medical Ass'nDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1939
- Cox v. VaughtCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
- United States v. Frontier Asthma Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 1947
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