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Alabama Public Service Commission et al. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.; and Alabama Public Service Commission et al. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., 1951 — 341 U.S. 943 · caselaw · US
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Alabama Public Service Commission et al. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.; and Alabama Public Service Commission et al. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.
341 U.S. 943·Supreme Court of the United States·1951
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Opinion
June 4, 1951.
No. 483.
No. 660.
Alabama Public Service Commission et al. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.; and Alabama Public Service Commission et al. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.
[MAJORITY]
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Per Curiam: The motions to substitute parties appellant are granted. The judgments are reversed. Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern R. Co., ante, p. 341.
Si Garrett, Attorney General of Alabama, A. A. Carmichael, then Attorney General, and Wallace L. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellants. W. A. Northcutt and Robert E. Steiner, Jr. for appellee in No. 660.