Legal Opinion
Railroad Commission of Texas v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 3, 1940No. 681Published
1Opinion of the Court 1
310 U.S. 573 (1940)
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS ET AL.
v.
ROWAN & NICHOLS OIL CO.
No. 681.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued April 24, 25, 1940.
Decided June 3, 1940.
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.
Mr. James P. Hart, Assistant Attorney General of Texas, with whom Messrs. Gerald C. Mann, Attorney General, and W.F. Moore, First Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for petitioners.
Mr. Dan Moody, with whom Mr. Rice M. Tilley was on the brief, for respondent.
2Opinion of the Court · FrankfurterJustice Frankfurter
The question before us is the validity, when challenged by appeal to the Fourteenth Amendment, of…
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- South Carolina State Highway Department v. Barnwell Bros.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Stephens County v. Mid-Kansas Oil & Gas Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1923
- Thompson v. Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Railroad Commission of Texas v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
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