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Administrative Law - Statutory Interpretation - Conclusiveness Of Decision Nov 1934

Administrative Law - Statutory Interpretation - Conclusiveness Of Decision

Michigan Law Review

Pursuant to an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the government had paid defendant $487,116.31 as the deficit incurred during federal control and due defendant under section 204 of the Transportation Act of 1920. The Commission later reopened the proceeding and annulled the order because it had erroneously interpreted the word "deficit" in the statute to mean a decrease in net railroad operating income in the federal control period as compared with the corresponding months of the test period from July 1, 1914, to June 30, 1917, instead of a "red ink deficit." The government then sued to recover the …


Public Utilities-Rate Base-Allowance For Depreciation Jun 1934

Public Utilities-Rate Base-Allowance For Depreciation

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff toll bridge company appealed from an order of the Pennsylvania Public Service Commission which set a value for rate-making purposes on their bridge property, constructed in 1924-25, identical to the original valuation order of 1926, for the rate-base as of February 2, 1932. The order allowed a depreciation deduction annually which, with 4 per cent simple interest, would amount to enough to replace the bridge at the end of its estimated period of usefulness. The company claimed the order was confiscatory, as based solely on original cost, without taking into account current cost of reproduction; and that interest should …


Federal Trade Commission-Recent Trends In Interpretation Of The Federal Trade Commission Act Jun 1934

Federal Trade Commission-Recent Trends In Interpretation Of The Federal Trade Commission Act

Michigan Law Review

The Federal Trade Commission has never been a favored child of the courts. Beginning with the first case to which the Commission was a party, the attitude of the judiciary has clearly been unfriendly. The Commission gets its powers from the Clayton Act and from the Federal Trade Commission Act. The courts have interpreted the Clayton Act strictly, and there is no sign of a change of heart by the majority of the Supreme Court in that respect; it is believed, however, that a few of the recent cases under the Federal Trade Commission Act, both in the Supreme Court …


Administrative Tribunals-Notice And Hearing Jun 1934

Administrative Tribunals-Notice And Hearing

Michigan Law Review

The State Highway Commissioner proceeded against the defendant railroad under a Virginia statute empowering him to order the removal of any railroad grade crossing and the substitution of an elevated road when in his opinion public safety and convenience demanded it. No notice and hearing was given or required, and the only judicial recourse was an action in equity in the event of "arbitrary" action. Held, by a six-three decision, that although it is assumed that a state legislature might order the same action, it by no means follows that an administrative officer may be empowered to act with …


The Function And Organization Of A Judicial Council, Edson R. Sunderland May 1934

The Function And Organization Of A Judicial Council, Edson R. Sunderland

Indiana Law Journal

An address delivered to the Indiana State Bar Association, January 19, 1934.


Organized Labor And The Recovery Act, Emmett B. Mcnatt Apr 1934

Organized Labor And The Recovery Act, Emmett B. Mcnatt

Michigan Law Review

The enactment of the National Industrial Recovery Act last June inevitably has brought to the fore a number of questions which as yet remain unanswered, including those connected with the application and interpretation of Section 7(a) of the Recovery Act, the subject of this article. Under this section, hailed by labor as a "new Magna Charta," employees are apparently given two interrelated rights - the right to organize with no discrimination against them by employers as a result thereof, and the right to collective bargaining through representatives of their own choosing. Employers are prohibited from interfering with such rights through …


Regulation Of Public Utilities, By Cassius M. Clay, Alvin C. Johnson Jan 1934

Regulation Of Public Utilities, By Cassius M. Clay, Alvin C. Johnson

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


After The Nebbia Case: The Administration Of Price Regulation, Frank Edward Horack Jr., Julius Cohen Jan 1934

After The Nebbia Case: The Administration Of Price Regulation, Frank Edward Horack Jr., Julius Cohen

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Judicial Review Of Administrative Determinations And The Doctrine Of Separation Of Powers, George W. Mcquain Jun 1933

Judicial Review Of Administrative Determinations And The Doctrine Of Separation Of Powers, George W. Mcquain

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Federal Anti-Trust Law And The National Industrial Recovery Act, Howard E. Wahrenbrock Jun 1933

Federal Anti-Trust Law And The National Industrial Recovery Act, Howard E. Wahrenbrock

Michigan Law Review

The economic struggle for existence - the competitive system - which has been principally depended upon to equate the production and consumption of economic goods, is not self-sustaining. Extreme forms of that struggle - engrossing, forestalling, regrating, contracts in restraint of trade, monopoly, unfair competition, to mention some forms at the higher stages of legal development - have had to be restrained by law. Their restriction has been called for to protect the poor and economically weak from oppression by the rich and economically powerful; under a system of complete laissez faire, competition would bring about the elimination of the …


Public Utility Valuation - Rate Base Jun 1933

Public Utility Valuation - Rate Base

Michigan Law Review

The California Railroad Commission, in conducting a hearing in 1930 on natural gas rates charged by the Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corporation, found that the "historical value" of the utility was $60,704,000, and that its "fair value" for rate-making purposes was $65,000,000. This fair. value figure included no specific allowance for going concern value. The company's engineers had estimated the fair value at $95,000,000, on the basis of the "present cost of reproduction" theory. The commission, relying on its fair value figure of $65,000,000, ordered a rate reduction. A three-judge federal court refused to enjoin the enforcement of the …


Railroads - Power Of Interstate Commerce Commission To Order Extensions Jun 1933

Railroads - Power Of Interstate Commerce Commission To Order Extensions

Michigan Law Review

After due hearing upon a complaint filed by the Public Service Commission of Oregon asserting a failure to provide adequate transportation facilities to a large and unexploited area within that State, the Interstate Commerce Commission found that public necessity and convenience required the construction of a connecting line 185 miles in length. The Commission also found that the proposed extension, adding 1.2 per cent to the existing mileage of the Union Pacific system and costing approximately $10,000,000, would not seriously affect the ability of that organization adequately to serve the public; and that though the venture might not be profitable …


Constitutional Law -Administrative Duties Of The Judiciary- Due Process Jun 1933

Constitutional Law -Administrative Duties Of The Judiciary- Due Process

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Emergency Railroad Transportation Act, 1933, Edwin C. Goddard Jun 1933

The Emergency Railroad Transportation Act, 1933, Edwin C. Goddard

Michigan Law Review

From Munn v. Illinois to the Emergency Railroad Transportation Act of 1933 has been a long journey traveled by the public and the public utilities, notably the largest public utility, the railroads. In 1876 the very term "public utility" was unknown. The idea that the public could break in on laissez faire and regulate any business was to the persons regulated, and to their lawyers, odious. With them agreed Justices Field, Brewer, Peckham, and many another, who predicted that the public would not long tolerate such interference with business. But prophecy is hazardous, and these prophets were wrong.


Injunction-Exercise Of Discretionary Power Granted To Administrative Board Apr 1933

Injunction-Exercise Of Discretionary Power Granted To Administrative Board

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Burden Of Proof In Rate Cases Involving Inter-Corporate Charges, William E. Treadway Nov 1932

Burden Of Proof In Rate Cases Involving Inter-Corporate Charges, William E. Treadway

Michigan Law Review

The United States Supreme Court has held repeatedly that dealings between intercorporately related companies should be scrutinized closely to prevent any unfair advantage being taken of a subsidiary public utility company by a dominant organization through an exercise of the control inherent in capital stock ownership.1 Yet in an opinion written by Mr. Justice McReynolds in 1923, the court laid down a rule for utilities commissions in rate cases involving intercorporate service-contract charges which, if strictly adhered to, would have sounded the death knell for effective commission regulation.


Administrative Tribunals -Workmen's Compensation - Scope Of Federal Judicial Review Under Longshoremen's And Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Jun 1932

Administrative Tribunals -Workmen's Compensation - Scope Of Federal Judicial Review Under Longshoremen's And Harbor Workers' Compensation Act

Michigan Law Review

The recent decision of Crowell v. Benson by the United States Supreme Court throws interesting light on the constitutionality of delegating final fact-finding powers to administrative tribunals. The case arose under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act which gives deputy commissioners full authority to hear and determine all questions in respect to claims for compensation for disability or death resulting from injuries occurring on the navigable waters of the United States/ The act further provides that if the compensation order is "not in accordance with law" it "may be suspended or set aside in whole or in part, through …


Corporations - New Types Of Securities Under Blue Sky Legislation May 1932

Corporations - New Types Of Securities Under Blue Sky Legislation

Michigan Law Review

The plaintiff company, in order to secure capital to finance the purchase and construction of retail gasoline stations and bulk plants in Wisconsin, proposed to sell coupon books for the sum of $35 per book. Purchases made with these coupons entitled the holder of the book to certain credits which, upon accumulation, were to be redistributed to him in cash upon presentation of coupons in the amount of 25 cents or more. Along with each coupon book there was to be issued to each purchaser a so-called good-will contract which, after stating its purpose as being to secure the good …


An Important Study Of The Interstate Commerce Commission Apr 1932

An Important Study Of The Interstate Commerce Commission

Michigan Law Review

A review of THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION - A STUDY IN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND PROCEDURE. By I. L. Sharfman


Trade Restraints - Resale Price Maintenance Feb 1932

Trade Restraints - Resale Price Maintenance

Michigan Law Review

Petition to review an order of the Federal Trade Commission requiring the petitioner to cease and desist certain trade methods found to be unfair. Held, that while the petitioner had a right to refuse to sell goods to those who did not sell them at the suggested resale prices, with the further right to state to them its reasons for so doing, the petitioner was rightly ordered to desist from requiring dealers, placing orders, to give assurance that they would be governed by the suggested resale prices as a condition precedent to the acceptance of the orders. Shakespeare Co. …


Recurso Contencioso Administrativo., Mario Díaz Cruz Jan 1932

Recurso Contencioso Administrativo., Mario Díaz Cruz

Index of Cuban Law and Jurisprudence / Indice a la Legislación y Jurisprudencia Cubana

Recurso Contencioso Administrativo, Ley, Reglamento y Ley del Procedimiento Administrativo


Derecho Administrativo, Mario Díaz Cruz Jan 1932

Derecho Administrativo, Mario Díaz Cruz

Index of Cuban Law and Jurisprudence / Indice a la Legislación y Jurisprudencia Cubana

No abstract provided.


Report On The Enforcement Of The Deportation Laws Of The United States, E. Blythe Stason Nov 1931

Report On The Enforcement Of The Deportation Laws Of The United States, E. Blythe Stason

Michigan Law Review

This report is concurred in by nine of the eleven members of the Commission. Two members, Henry W. Anderson and Kenneth Mackintosh, file dissenting statements. The Report is accompanied by a thoroughly interesting research study of the administration of the deportation laws, prepared by Reuben Oppenheimer. Since this study constitutes the basis of the report, and since the majority of the Commission concur in the conclusions and recommendations set forth in it, the following remarks will deal primarily with the study itself.


State Wide Studies In The Administration Of Justice, Walter Wheeler Cook Nov 1931

State Wide Studies In The Administration Of Justice, Walter Wheeler Cook

Indiana Law Journal

An address delivered before the Indiana State Bar Association at Lafayette, Indiana, July 10, 1931.


Administrative Tribunals-Right To Federal Injunction Against Administrative Orders Jun 1931

Administrative Tribunals-Right To Federal Injunction Against Administrative Orders

Michigan Law Review

The public utility commission of Ohio refused to permit the plaintiff motor bus company to operate over a portion of the route for which application was made for a certificate. The plaintiff applied to the federal district court for an injunction against enforcement of the commission's order on the ground that it amounted to a deprivation of property without due process. A temporary injunction was granted. Thereafter, the plaintiff took a statutory appeal to the state supreme court, which affirmed the order, after which the plaintiff sought a permanent injunction in the federal court. Held, the decision of the …


Administrative Finality, A. Martin Tollefson May 1931

Administrative Finality, A. Martin Tollefson

Michigan Law Review

The purpose of this article is two-fold. In the first place it is intended to set forth certain determining factors (a) as to whether or not administrative decisions are subject to review in cases where their finality is challenged before the courts and (b) if subject to review, to what extent. The second purpose is to call attention to the need for improvement in this country along the lines of executive or administrative justice from the standpoint of better agencies and better- facilities for disposing of litigated questions within the administrative tribunals. It should be said at the outset, however, …


Public Utilities-Power Of Interstate Commerce Commision To Give Certificate Of Convenience And Necessity May 1931

Public Utilities-Power Of Interstate Commerce Commision To Give Certificate Of Convenience And Necessity

Michigan Law Review

Certain coal fields in West Virginia are served by the Chesapeake and Ohio, the Norfolk and Western, and the Virginian railroads. The Chesapeake and the Norfolk compete for the westbound coal traffic coming over the Virginian which has no lines in the western part of these fields. The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Virginian to build a short connecting line which made possible much cheaper carriage over the Chesapeake, and authorized the Norfolk to construct a similar line in order to compete on equal terms. The Chesapeake sought a reversal on the ground that the Interstate Commerce Commission is not …


Administrative Tribunals--Judicial Notice Apr 1931

Administrative Tribunals--Judicial Notice

Michigan Law Review

The plaintiff corporation, a retail distributor of gas, contracted for its supply over a three-year period from a service company, and filed its rate schedule with the public utilities commission. The commission ordered a lower rate, its order being based on files of schedules of other distributing companies, which were found to show that the plaintiff's contract was excessive and that a lower rate could have been contracted for. These files were not introduced into evidence, but the commission took notice of them as a matter of public record. Plaintiff petitioned for an injunction against enforcement of the order. Held …


Administative Tribunals-Judicial Review Of Legislative Functions Apr 1931

Administative Tribunals-Judicial Review Of Legislative Functions

Michigan Law Review

On refusal of the Federal Radio Commission to renew its license for a broadcasting station with the existing terms, on the ground that public convenience and necessity did not require it, the applicant company availed itself of a statutory appeal to the court of appeals of the District of Columbia which reversed the finding as to public convenience and necessity. The commission applied to the United States Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari. Held, writ dismissed on the theory that the court had no jurisdiction to review the exercise pf an administrative or legislative power, and that the …


Carriers-Division Of Joint Rates Feb 1931

Carriers-Division Of Joint Rates

Michigan Law Review

The divisions here involved were those to be made in joint rates between points in southwestern territory and those in western trunk-line territory, or via western territory to and from eastern points. The line between western and southwestern territory passes through St. Louis and other Missouri and Illinois towns. The divisions of these joint rates between the carriers in these territories had been in existence for many years and were without uniform or rational basis. The Interstate Commerce Commission, investigating these divisions, found them more favor able to southwestern lines than present circumstances justified. Conditions in southwestern territory had become …