[DOWNLOAD] "Alabama Public Service Commission Et Al. v. Southern Railway Co." by Supreme Court of the United States * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Alabama Public Service Commission Et Al. v. Southern Railway Co.
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 21, 1951
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 85 KB
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The Southern Railway Company, appellee, brought this action in the Federal District Court to enjoin the members of the Alabama Public Service Commission and the Attorney General of Alabama, appellants, from enforcing laws of Alabama prohibiting discontinuance of certain railroad passenger service. Appellees Alabama intrastate service is governed by a statute prohibiting abandonment of "any portion of its service to the public . . . unless and until there shall first have been filed an application for a permit to abandon service and obtained from the commission a permit allowing such abandonment." Ala. Code, 1940, tit. 48, ร§ 106. Severe penalties are prescribed for wilful violation of regulatory statutes or orders of the Commission by utilities or their employees. Id. ร§ร§ 399, 400, 405.