United States v. Oregon Short Line R.
District Court, D. Idaho
Action for penalties by the United States against the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company. On motion for judgment on the pleadings.
1Opinion of the Court
DIETRICH, District Judge.
This is an action to recover from the defendant penalties for five different alleged violations of what is commonly known as the “Hours of Service Act” (34 Stat. 1415). Upon the coming in of the defendant’s answer to the complaint, the plaintiff moved for judgment on the pleadings, and by agreement between counsel the cause has been finally submitted upon the questions of *562law thus raised. There are five counts in the complaint, the first four of which are in legal aspect identical; a distinct question is presented by the answer to the fifth.
[1] As to each of the first…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. ConnessCalifornia Supreme Court · 1906
- Gregory v. United StatesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1879
- Wilson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1897
- United States v. Oregon-Washington R. & Navigation Co.District Court, E.D. Washington · 1914
- Oregon-Washington R. & Nav. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1915
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Minneapolis, St. P. & S. S. M. Ry. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1917
- United States v. Great Northern Railway Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1964