Legal Opinion
American Toll Bridge Co. v. Railroad Commission of California
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 5, 1939No. 704PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justice. Butlee
delivered' the opinion of the Court.
This appeal is from a judgment of the highest court of the State upholding an order of the state railroad commission that reduces tolls for use of appellant’s bridge across the Carquinez Straits between the counties of Contra Costa and Solano. Appellant contends that the order violates Art. I; § 10, of the Constitution; that the commission’s procedure was repugnant to the due process clausé of the Fourteenth Amendment, and that the order, in violation of that clause, prescribes rates that are confiscatory.
February 5, 1923, tin board of…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. WellmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- City of Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- New York Rapid Transit Corp. v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- San Diego Land & Town Co. v. JasperSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. SummerfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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