Supreme Court of the United States, 1935

Cape Fear Railways, Inc. v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 21, 1935 · No. 387

294 U.S. 693; 55 S. Ct. 403; 79 L. Ed. 1232; 1935 U.S. LEXIS 71 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. Moultrie Hitt, with whom Mr. G. Kirby Munson was on the brief, for appellant. Solicitor General Biggs, Assistant Attorney General Stephens, and Messrs. Daniel W. Knowlton, Elmer B. Collins, and J. Stanley Payne filed a brief on behalf of the United States and Interstate Commerce Commission, appellees. Messrs. Bichard B. Gwathmey, Thomas W. Davis, and Frank W. Gwathmey filed a brief on behalf of the Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., appellee.

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

In re Imperial Irr. Dist (United States District Court for the Southern District of California 1941)
County of Los Angeles v. Rockhold (Cal. 1935)
Adams v. Byram (Cal. Ct. App. 1935)

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Opinion of the Court

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Per Curiam:

Decree affirmed. Mississippi Valley Barge Co. v. United States, 292 U. S. 282, 286; Florida v. United States, 292 U. S. 1, 9; Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. v. Tennessee, 262 U. S. 318, 324; Edward Hines Trustees v. United States, 263 U. S. 143, 148; Chicago, I. & L. Ry. v. United States, 270 U. S. 287, 295.

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