Overview
Case summary
This is a per curiam opinion from the Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, dated December 2, 1896. The case involves an appeal by Baltimore & O. R. Co. (plaintiff in error) against Friel (defendant in error) from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The appellate court disposes of the case by referencing the opinion in a companion case involving the same parties (77 Fed. 126) and affirms the judgment without independent analysis.
Abstract
The railroad company appealed a judgment from the federal district court. The appellate court issued a per curiam opinion referencing its analysis in a companion case involving the same parties. The judgment below was affirmed without independent analysis.
Opinion of the court
opinionPER CURIAMjoined by DALLAS, BUTLER, WALES
- Case is disposed of by the opinion in the companion case
- Judgment is affirmed
Jurisdiction
not challenged- Appeal from Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Procedural posture
Legal categories
Case record
Issues & holdings
Not specified
Case is disposed of by the opinion in the companion case
Issue preserved for review
Holdings of the court
Timeline
Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit issues per curiam opinion affirming judgment
Outcome: Judgment affirmed
Case disposed of by reference to companion case opinion
Facts & evidence
Key facts
1 facts- Case is disposed of by the opinion in a companion case involving the same plaintiff in error against the same defendant in error
Procedural history
1 steps- Appeal from Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Authorities
Cited authorities (1)
Related cases (1)
Legal principles applied
- Efficiency in judicial decision-making through companion case references
Notable quotes
“This case is disposed of by the opinion filed herewith in the case of the same plaintiff in error against Friel, defendant in error.”PER CURIAM — Opening statement of the per curiam opinion explaining the dispositionCourt relies entirely on companion case opinion without independent reasoning