LAWRENCE v. ST. L.-S.F.RY.

No. 894.

274 U.S. 588 (1927)

LAWRENCE ET AL. v. ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.B. Ames, with whom Messrs. Edwin Dabney, Attorney General of Oklahoma, Houston B. Teehee, Assistant Attorney General, and T.L. Blakemore were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. C.B. Stuart, with whom Messrs. E.T. Miller, M.K. Cruce, and Ben Franklin were on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a direct appeal from a decree for an interlocutory injunction entered by the federal court for northern Oklahoma. The plaintiff below was the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company; the defendants the Corporation Commission of that State, its Attorney General and some citizens of Sapulpa. The bill was filed on January 11, 1927. The case was heard on January...

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