ATLANTIC COAST LINE v. FLORIDA EX REL. ELLIS

No. 9.

203 U.S. 256 (1906)

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. FLORIDA EX REL. ELLIS, ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 3, 1906.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John E. Hartridge, for plaintiff in error:1

Mr. J.M. Barrs, with whom Mr. W.H. Ellis, Attorney General of the State of Florida, was on the brief, for defendant in error.1


MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

Passing all matters of a local nature, in respect to which the decision of the state court is final, the Federal question is whether the order of the railroad commission, sustained by the Supreme Court of the State, deprived the company of its property without due process of law or denied to it the equal protection of the law. The...

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