The Validity of Rate Regulations, State and Federal

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T. & J.W. Johnson Company, 1914 - Constitutional law - 440 pages
 

Contents

Legislation and the common law
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LOCAL RATES
13
What are local rates?
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Local rates which affect interstate rates indirectly
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Local rates which affect interstate rates directly
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SEPARATE INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONS OR GOODS COMING FROM OR DESTINED TO ANOTHER STATE 13 The probl...
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The test
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Tax and original package cases
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Some rates under local bills subject to federal control 17 Gulf C S F Ry Co v Texas
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Is the existence of separate contracts conclusive?
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Undisclosed intentions
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Auxiliary services
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CHARTERS AND CONTRACTS 21 Waiver of constitutional rights expressly and by implication
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Express waiver of constitutional rights
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THE DISTRIBUTION OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS
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EXTENT OF POWER OF LEGISLATURE
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Position of court on ratemaking
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Outline of position taken
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Discussion of state and federal authorities on ratemaking
72
Ascertainment of facts
81
Contingent legislation as to rates
91
Possible differences in extent and character of regulation
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OPERATING EXPENSES
100
EXTENT OF POWER OF COURTS
105
THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSESPOSITION OF COURT
114
Clauses relate to different governments
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Presumption that in other respects clauses have same meaning
116
Possible points of difference are ignored by the court
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Importance of understanding the provision
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THE PERSONS PROTECTED
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THE ORGANS OF GOVERNMENT RESTRAINED 58 Fourteenth Amendment restrains states and their organs of gov ernment
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Fifth Amendment restrains organs of federal government
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Organs for establishing limitations upon rates
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THE EXTENT OF THE RESTRAINT 61 The proper scope of the provision
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The position of the court
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Procedure in establishing limitations upon rates
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Procedure in enforcing limitations upon rates
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Provision regarded as a substantive restraint
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No complete general statement as to restraint
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Particular lines of decision
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Detailed application of rules
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THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSESDISCUSSION
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Scope of chapter
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IS THE PROVISION NECESSARILY A SUBSTANTIVE RESTRAINT? 72 Position taken in Hurtado v California
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Are all organs of government necessarily restrained?
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The significance of the word state
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Is the restraint necessarily more than procedural?
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SEC PAGE 76 Due process and law of the land provisions are akin
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The law of the land in England
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Due process of law in England
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The provisions compared
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The term law of the land sometimes used in broader sense
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Term has same general scope in America as in England
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The Constitution does not make the law of the land unchange able
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The law of the land may be different in the several states
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Judicial alteration of the law of the land
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THE ARGUMENT CONCERNING REDUNDANCY 86 The question stated
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The question elaborated
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Discussion of question of redundancy
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Position of court on discriminatory state action
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Position of court on fraud and improper motives
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Discussion
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CONSTITUTIONAL AND EXTRACONSTITUTIONAL RESTRAINTS 92 Inconsistent positions taken
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Power to declare governmental action unconstitutional
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General duty to enforce legislation
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Passing upon the wisdom or justice of governmental action
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The Ninth Amendment
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Rule stated in Twining v New Jersey
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Extraconstitutional restraints and rights
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Inalienable rights
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Natural justice natural rights
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Fundamental rights
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Essential nature of all free governments
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Discussion on inalienable rights etc
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Scope of governmental authority
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Unreasonable or arbitrary governmental action
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Unnecessary governmental action
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Nature of opinions upon these subjects
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Reasonable exercises of police power
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Meaning of term police power
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SEC PAGE 111 Relevancy of decisions on police power
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Is a change of law a deprivation?
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Summary as to police power
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Kaukauna and Yesler cases
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Chicago B Q R Co v Chicago
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The taking of property for private use
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Later cases
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General comment on position of court
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TEXT AND CONTEXT 127 The significance of the context
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The true meaning of the term liberty
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The position of the court on the term liberty
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Allgeyer v Louisiana
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Position of court criticized
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Should the court now take the correct position?
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General extent of restraint
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The persons protected
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Discrimination which is forbidden
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Illustrations
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Classification which is permitted
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Wide range of legislative discretion
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In general
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Classification of railroads for rate regulation
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Other regulations of railroads
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REASONABLENESS AND JUST COMPENSATION
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Amount of return
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Provision in Fifth Amendment
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Bearing of requirement upon rate regulation
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Not enforcing common law
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AMOUNT OF RETURN
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VALUE OF PROPERTY 155 Present value of property
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Cost and capitalization not to be considered
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Producing plant equally efficient
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Significance of term present time
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Tangible property
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Cost of corporation itself
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Capitalization of earning capacity
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Stock and bonds
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Value as system
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Apportionment of value
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Particular classes of traffic
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Unprofitable parts of the property
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Smyth v Ames criticized
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Rough estimates of value
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Summary as to value
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SEC PAGE 171 General principles
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Transportation
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Maintenance
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Payments to stockholders and bondholders
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NET EARNINGS 175 What earnings are to be considered
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Proving amount of earnings
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Rates fair to railroad
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Constitutional rate of return
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No particular rate fixed by Supreme Court
313
Other decisions in conflict
315
Distribution between stockholders and bondholders
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EXCEPTIONAL CONDITIONS
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PARTICULAR RATES 184 Decisions that only schedule as entirety may be considered
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Decisions on particular rates
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Discussion on considering merely schedule as entirety
325
Mileage books
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Laws forbidden
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Rule as to judicial decisions
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CONTRACTS PROTECTED
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INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS 192 Contractural limitations upon governmental power over rates
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Governmental power not limited by mere implication
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Parties exempted
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SEC PAGE 195 In general
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Contracts between state and carrier
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Contracts between carriers or between carrier and patron
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POWER TO ALTER AMEND OR REPEAL
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PREFERENCES TO PORTS
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In general
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Differentials
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CHAPTER IX
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What governments come within the rule
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ENFORCEMENT OF LAW 207 Indictment
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Due process of law
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Trials in criminal cases
361
Suits at common law
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Selfincrimination
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Unreasonable searches and seizures
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Other testimony
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Questions which may be brought before the court
369
Partial unconstitutionality
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Page 246 - The liberty mentioned in that amendment means not only the right of the citizen to be free from the mere physical restraint of his person, as by incarceration, but the term is deemed to embrace the right of the citizen to be free in the enjoyment of all his faculties ; to be free to use them in all lawful ways ; to live and work where he will ; to earn his livelihood by any lawful calling ; to pursue any livelihood or avocation, and for that purpose to enter into all contracts which may be proper,...
Page 237 - Each individual of the society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty and property, according to standing laws.
Page 157 - The wisdom and the discretion of congress, their identity with the people, and the influence which their constituents possess at elections are in this, as in many other instances, — as that, for example, of declaring war, — the sole restraints on which they have relied to secure them from its abuse. They are the restraints on which the people must often rely solely in all representative governments.
Page 90 - The true distinction, therefore, is, between the delegation of power to make the law, which necessarily involves a discretion as to what it shall be, and conferring an authority or discretion as to its execution, to be exercised under and in pursuance of the law. The first cannot be done; to the latter no valid objection can be made.
Page 298 - And in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute and the sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case.
Page 298 - What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it for the use of a public highway than the services rendered by it are reasonably worth.
Page 106 - A judicial inquiry investigates, declares, and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts and under laws supposed already to exist.
Page 35 - But this movement does not begin until the articles have been shipped or started for transportation from the one state to the other. The carrying of them in carts or other vehicles, or even floating them, to the depot where the journey is to commence is no part of that journey.
Page 260 - Constitution simply because the classification "is not made with mathematical nicety or because in practice it results in some inequality.
Page 80 - The line has not been exactly drawn which separates those important subjects, which must be entirely regulated by the legislature itself, from those of less interest, in which a general provision may be made, and power given to those who are to act under such general provisions to fill up the details.

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