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ERIE R.R. CO. v. PUBLIC UTIL. COMMRS.

Nos. 33-40.

254 U.S. 394 (1921)

ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY v. BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS ET AL. SAME v. SAME. PASSAIC WATER COMPANY v. SAME. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. SAME. D. FULLERTON & COMPANY v. SAME. MEYER ET AL., PARTNERS DOING BUSINESS AS MEYER & DeVOGEL, v. SAME. MORRIS & COMPANY v. SAME. PUBLIC SERVICE RAILWAY COMPANY v. SAME.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George S. Hobart and Mr. Charles E. Hughes for plaintiffs in error in Nos. 33 to 39. Mr. Gilbert Collins and Mr. George F. Brownell were on the brief for plaintiff in error in Nos. 33 and 34. Mr. William B. Gourley was on the brief for plaintiffs in error in Nos. 38 and 39. The argument in Nos. 33 and 34 was as follows:

Mr. Frank Bergen for plaintiff in error in No. 40.

Mr. L. Edward Herrmann and Mr. Frank H. Sommer, with whom Mr. Francis Scott was on the brief, for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

These are writs of error brought by parties interested in an order of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners of New Jersey, dated April 20, 1915, directing a change in fifteen places in the City of Paterson, where the Erie Railroad now crosses that number of streets at grade. The order was reviewed on writs of certiorari and affirmed by the Supreme Court, and on appeal...

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