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OKLAHOMA v. GULF, COL. & SANTA FE RY.

No. 14, Original.

220 U.S. 290 (1911)

31 S.Ct. 437

55 L.Ed. 469

STATE OF OKLAHOMA, ON THE RELATION OF WEST, ATTORNEY GENERAL, v. GULF, COLORADO & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 3, 1911.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles West, Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, for complainant.

Mr. Lawrence Maxwell and Mr. S.T. Bledsoe, with whom Mr. Martin L. Clardy, Mr. William W. Green, Mr. Charles W. Stockton, Mr. T.B. Harrison, Jr., and Mr. Joseph S. Graydon were on the brief, for defendants.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The State of Oklahoma, by the present suit, invokes the original jurisdiction of this court for its protection against certain acts, alleged to have been done or threatened to be done by the respective defendants in derogation of its rights as a State. The case has been heard upon demurrers filed by the several defendants. Some of the demurrers proceed upon the specific...

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