State Supreme Court / Ill.

Chicago Railways Co. v. Commerce Commission Ex Rel. Chicago Motor Coach Co.

Decided June 19, 1929. Frank K. Dunn wrote the opinion for the court.

167 N.E. 840 · Cited 79 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Blocki v. People ex rel. South Chicago City Railway Co. · 220 Ill. 444
Wichita Railroad & Light Co. v. Public Utilities Commission of Kansas · 260 U.S. 48
New York & Long Island Bridge Co. v. Smith · 42 N.E. 1088
West Suburban Transportation Co. v. Chicago & West Towns Railway Co. · 309 Ill. 87
Egyptian Transportation System, Inc. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · 152 N.E. 510
Matter of B., W. and N. Railway Co. · 72 N.Y. 245
Bartonville Bus Line v. Eagle Motor Coach Line · 157 N.E. 175
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Commerce Commission ex rel. Illinois Coal Traffic Bureau · 335 Ill. 624
Los Angeles Ry. Co. v. Los Angeles · 92 P. 490
State Public Utilities Commission ex rel. Wabash Railroad v. Illinois Central Railroad · 274 Ill. 36
State Public Utilities Commission ex rel. Atwood-Davis Sand Co. v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. · 286 Ill. 53

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Thompson v. Railroad Commission · 240 S.W.2d 759
Loden v. Mississippi Public Service Commission · 279 So. 2d 636
Barry v. Commonwealth Edison Co. · 29 N.E.2d 1014
State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 148 S.E.2d 100
Barlau v. Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Co. · 9 N.W.2d 6
Tri-State Transit Co. of Louisiana, Inc. v. Dixie Greyhound Lines, Inc. · 19 So. 2d 441
Stoner v. Howard Sober, Inc. · 118 N.E.2d 504
E. C. Olsen Co. v. State Tax Commission · 168 P.2d 324
SDDS, Inc. v. State · 481 N.W.2d 270
Gore v. John · 157 P.2d 552
Amalgamated Trust & Savings Bank v. Village of Glenview · 423 N.E.2d 1230
Public Service Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 350 P.2d 543
Tri-City Motor Transportation Co. v. Great Northern Railway Co. · 270 N.W. 100
Capitol Taxicab Co. v. Cermak · 60 F.2d 608
Village of Orland Hills v. Citizens Utilities Co. · 807 N.E.2d 590
Southern Bus Lines, Inc. v. Mississippi Public Service Comm. · 50 So. 2d 149
Community of Woodston v. State Corporation Comm. · 353 P.2d 206
Peoples Bank v. Banking Board · 436 P.2d 681
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New Mexico Electric Service Co. v. Lea County Electric Cooperative, Inc. · 76 N.M. 434
Re Hvidsten · 33 N.W.2d 615

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