Legal Opinion
Howitt v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 14, 1945No. 11287PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Howitt and Dewhurst, ticket sellers of the Florida East Coast Railway Company, and appellant Lee, diagram clerk for the railroad, all located at Miami, Florida, were indicted for conspiracy to violate the Interstate Commerce Act1 by agreeing together and with other persons unknown to charge and collect from purchasers of transportation accommodations money in excess of the regular fares currently in force under prevailing tariffs for such service. Appellant O’Rourke, a ticket seller for the same carrier in Miami, was charged on an indictment in ten counts with…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Armour Packing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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3Cited by2 opinions
- James P. Edwards, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Howitt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946