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CITY OF SHREVEPORT v. SHREVEPORT RY. CO.

No. 5817.

38 F.2d 945 (1930)

CITY OF SHREVEPORT et al. v. SHREVEPORT RY. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 15, 1930.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benj. F. Roberts, City Atty., and Frank J. Looney, both of Shreveport, La., for appellants.

A. B. Freyer, of Shreveport, La., and Wm. H. Armbrecht, of Mobile, Ala. (Armbrecht, Hand & Twitty, of Mobile, Ala., and Wise, Randolph, Rendall & Freyer, of Shreveport, La., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BRYAN and FOSTER, Circuit Judges, and SIBLEY, District Judge.

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellee, the Shreveport Railways Company, operating a system of electric street cars in the city of Shreveport, La., brought suit to enjoin the enforcement of two ordinances of said city on the ground that they are unreasonable and oppressive, and the effect of their enforcement is to confiscate appellee's property, in violation of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. One ordinance complained of, adopted May 14, 1907...

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