Supreme Court of the United States, 1939

United States v. Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 18, 1939

308 U.S. 525; 60 S. Ct. 297 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Assistant Attorney General Shea, with whom Solicitor General Jackson and Messrs. Warner W. Gardner, Paul A. Sweeney, and Enoch E. Ellison were on the brief, for the United States. Mr. Edgar Allan Poe was on a brief for the Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad Co., and Mr. J. Purdon Wright was on a brief for O. E. Weller et al., appellees.

Cases that cite this one

7 later published cases cite this decision.

NATIONAL CORPORATION FOR HOUSING PARTNERSHIP, MEADOWOOD TOWNHOUSE, INC. v. Keller (Md. 1999)
United States v. Georgia Public Service Commission (United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia 1961)
Railroad Commission v. United States (Tex. App. 1956)
Penn Dairies, Inc. v. Milk Control Comm'n of Pa. (Supreme Court of the United States 1943)
CoreCivic Inc v. Governor of New Jersey (3d Cir. 2025)
Harris v. Janco Enterprises (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 1983)
James Stewart & Co. v. Sadrakula (Supreme Court of the United States 1940)

This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question. Hendrick v. Maryland, 235 U. S. 610, 622-623; Kane v. New Jersey, 242 U. S. 160, 167; Hodge Co. v. Cincinnati, 284 U. S. 335, 337; South Carolina State Highway Dept. v. Barnwell Bros., 303 U. S. 177, 189.

Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.