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Opinions citing Western Union Tel. Co. v. Pa. R.R., 195 U.S. 540 (1904)

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  1. Marland v. Gillespie
    1934 OK 158, 33 P.2d 207 Supreme Court of OklahomaMarch 13, 1934 Dissent

    Union Telegraph Co. v.

  2. Brooklyn Eastern Dist. Terminal v. City of New York
    139 F.2d 1007 Second CircuitJanuary 6, 1944

    Co., 195 U.S. 540, 570 , 25 S.Ct. 133 , 49 L.Ed. 312 , 1 Ann. Cas. 517; Village of Bradley v. New York Central R. Co., 296 Ill. 383 , 129 N.E. 744 .

  3. Midland Valley R. Co. v. Sutter
    28 F.2d 163 Eighth CircuitJuly 30, 1928

    Penn Railroad Co., 195 U. S. 540, 570 , 25 S. Ct. 133, 141 , 49 L. Ed. 312 .”

  4. Illig v. United States
    58 Fed. Cl. 619 Federal ClaimsDecember 3, 2003

    Co., 195 U.S. 540, 570 , 25 S.Ct. 133 , 49 L.Ed. 312 (1904) (“A railroad right of way is a very substantial thing. It is more than a mere right of passage. It is more than an easement.”).

  5. Kershaw Sunnyside Ranches, Inc. v. Yakima Interurban Lines Ass'n
    91 P.3d 104 Court of Appeals of WashingtonMay 25, 2004

    Co., 195 U.S. 540, 570 , 25 S.Ct. 133 , 49 L.Ed. 312 (1904) ("A railroad right of way is a very substantial thing. It is more than a mere right of passage. It is more than an easement."); Morsbach v. Thurston County, 152 Wash. 562, 569 , 278 P. 686 (1929).

  6. Mellon v. Southern Pacific Transport Co.
    750 F. Supp. 226 W.D. TexasMarch 28, 1990

    In Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania Railroad, 195 U.S. 540, 570 , *230 25 S.Ct. 133, 141 , 49 L.Ed. 312 (1904), the Court made the following statement: A railroad right-of-way is a very substantial thing.

  7. Union Pacific Railroad v. Santa Fe Pacific Pipelines, Inc.
    231 Cal. App. 4th 134 California Court of AppealNovember 5, 2014

    (1904) 195 U.S. 540, 570 [ 49 L.Ed. 312 , 25 S.Ct. 133 ] (Western Union).) It is an “ ‘interest in the land, special and exclusive in its nature.’ ” (Ibid.)

  8. Louisville & N. R. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
    207 F. 1 Sixth CircuitJuly 22, 1913

    The case specially relied upon to support the contention that Congress has denied to telegraph companies eminent domain on railroad rights of way is Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 195 U. S. 540 , 25 Sup. Ct. 133, 49 L. Ed. 312 , 1 Ann.

  9. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. S. & N. Ala. R. R.
    62 So. 788 Supreme Court of AlabamaApril 24, 1913

    Co., 195 U. S. 540 , 25 Sup. Ct. 133, 49 L. Ed. 312 , 1 Ann.

  10. State ex rel. Coleman v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
    90 P. 299 Supreme Court of KansasMay 11, 1907

    R. et al., 195 U. S. 540 , 25 Sup. Ct. 133, 49 L.

  11. Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. City of Memphis, Tennessee
    160 S.W.3d 901 Court of Appeals of TennesseeJuly 12, 2004

    Co., 195 U.S. 540 , 25 Sup.Ct. 133 , 49 L.Ed. 312 . Id. at 605-606 (emphasis added). The court specifically noted that the responsibility of the companies was the relative cost to the city and that was a matter under its public power.

  12. Sunset Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Pomona
    164 F. 561 U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern CaliforniaAugust 31, 1908

    Co., 195 U. S. 540, 573, 574 , 25 Sup. Ct. 133, 142, 49 L.

  13. New England Telegraph Co. of Massachusetts v. Town of Essex
    206 F. 926 D. MassachusettsAugust 14, 1913

    Co., 195 U. S. 540, 562 , 25 Sup. Ct. 133, 49 L. Ed. 312 , 1 Ann. Cas. 517.

  14. Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp.
    458 U.S. 419 Supreme CourtJune 30, 1982

    See, e. g., Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 195 U. S. 540, 566-567 (1904); California v. United States, 395 F. 2d 261, 263, n. 4 (CA9 1968).

  15. Jacobson v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
    566 F.2d 1353 Ninth CircuitDecember 21, 1977

    R., 195 U.S. 540, 569 , 25 S.Ct. 133 , 49 L.Ed. 312 (1904). See also Hudson Water Co. v. McCar-ter, 209 U.S. 349, 355 , 28 S.Ct. 529 , 52 L.Ed. 828 (1908); Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. North Carolina Corp.

  16. Marvin M. Brandt Revocable Trust v. United States
    572 U.S. 93 Supreme CourtMarch 10, 2014 Dissent

    See also Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 195 U.S. 540 , 569-570, 25 S.Ct. 133 , 49 L.Ed. 312 (1904) (reaffirming this view).

  17. Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies v. Federal Communications Commission, Rochester Telephone Corporation
    24 F.3d 1441 D.C. CircuitJune 10, 1994

    Pennsylvania R.R., 120 F. 362, 373 (C.C.W.D.Pa.), aff'd, 123 F. 33 (3d Cir.1903), aff'd, 195 U.S. 540 , 25 S.Ct. 133 , 49 L.Ed. 312 (1904). Cf. Griggs v. Allegheny County, 369 U.S. 84, 90 , 82 S.Ct. 531, 534 , 7 L.Ed.2d 585 (1962).

  18. Gulf Power Co. v. United States
    187 F.3d 1324 Eleventh CircuitSeptember 9, 1999

    In Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania R.R.

  19. Hash v. United States
    403 F.3d 1308 Federal CircuitApril 4, 2005

    See also Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 195 U.S. 540, 570 , 25 S.Ct. 133 , 49 L.Ed. 312 (1904) (despite its added strengths, a railway right-of-way does not have “the substan-tiality of the fee.”)

  20. Hays v. Vanek
    217 Cal. App. 3d 271 California Court of AppealNovember 30, 1989

    (1904) 195 U.S. 540, 570 [ 49 L.Ed. 312, 323 , 25 S.Ct. 133 ]; Central Pacific R.R. Co. v. Alameda County (1932) 284 U.S. 463 [ 76 L.Ed. 402 , 52 S.Ct. 225 ].)

  21. Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Thompson
    106 F.2d 217 Eighth CircuitDecember 4, 1939

    Co., 195 U.S. 540, 570 , 25 S.Ct. 133 , 49 L.Ed. 312 , 1 Ann. Cas. 517; New Mexico v. United States Trust Co., 172 U.S. 171 , 19 S.Ct. 128 , 43 L.Ed. 407 ; and Meyer v. Pittsburgh, C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co., 63 Ind.App. 156 , 113 N.E. 443 .

  22. White v. Mississippi Power & Light Company
    196 So. 2d 343 Mississippi Supreme CourtFebruary 27, 1967

    Co., 195 U.S. 540 , 25 S.Ct. 133 , 49 L.Ed. 312 (1904). Our own Constitution guarantees that "Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use, except on due compensation being first made to the owner or owners thereof * * *."

  23. Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. North American Telegraph Co.
    230 F. 347 Eighth CircuitDecember 15, 1915

    Rep. 336 ; Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Penn. R. R. Co., 195 U. S. 540, 570 , 25 Sup. Ct. 133, 141 ( 49 L. Ed. 312 , 1 Ann. Cas. 517).

  24. GTE Southwest Inc. v. Public Utility Commission
    10 S.W.3d 7 Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)February 17, 2000

    Pennsylvania R.R., 120 F. 362 (C.C.W.D.Pa.), aff'd, 123 F. 33 (3d Cir. 1903), aff'd, 195 U.S. 540 , 25 S.Ct. 133 , 49 L.Ed. 312 (1904). The Commission does not contend that is the case.

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