Legal Opinion
Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 3, 1947No. 400PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
This is a companion case to United States v. Powell and United States v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., decided this day, ante, p. 238. This case, like those, involves the construction of the provision of § 321 (a) of the Transportation Act of 1940 which entitles “military or naval property of the United States moving for military or naval and not for civil use” to land-grant rates. Petitioner was a land-grant road, 13 Stat. 365, 370, and for years carried government property at land-grant rates. 43 Stat. 477, 486, 10 U. S. C. § 1375. It qualified to receive the higher rates authorized by § 321…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Burke v. Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Piedmont & Northern Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Russell v. SebastianSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Slidell v. GrandjeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- United States v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by23 opinions
- General Electric Company v. Southern Construction Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Harry R. Haldeman, United States of America v. John D. Ehrlichman, United States of America v. John N. Mitchell, United States of America v. Harry R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman, Nos. 75-1381, 75-1382, 75-1384 and 76-1441.united States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia CircuitCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Schumacher v. AldridgeDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1987
- Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Pacific Electric Ry. Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1947
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