Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. Public Utilities Commission Of California

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting the apparent “dereliction of duty to the court” when counsel failed to mention adverse, controlling authority to the court in violation of the Code of Professional Responsibility
• “[W]hen a plaintiff seeks to enjoin state action because federal law preempts it, jurisdiction is proper.” (emphasis omitted)
• California state court ruling given res judicata effect on a federal preemption issue.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).