When railroads may operate by motor vehicle or aircraft (§ 56-111)—Virginia Decoded

When railroads may operate by motor vehicle or aircraft

Any railroad doing business in this Commonwealth may acquire, own and operate motor vehicles for the purpose of transporting persons or property over the public highways as a common carrier by motor vehicle as that term is defined by § 46.2-2000, subject to the laws of Virginia governing the operations and regulation of common carriers by motor vehicle and all lawful regulations of the Commonwealth made pursuant thereto and applying to other motor vehicles or other common carriers by motor vehicle, including the laws requiring the payment of registration and license fees and other taxes by common carriers by motor vehicle, when lawfully authorized in accordance with the provisions of such laws and regulations.Any such railroad may also acquire, own and operate equipment for and engage in air transportation, subject to the provisions of the law regulating air transportation.

History

1938, p. 1000; Michie Code 1942, § 3857a; 1944, p. 537; 1996, cc. 114, 157.

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Court Decisions

Seaboard Air Line R. Co. v. Commonwealth (SCV, 06/16/52)
. . . Corporation Commission was empowered by sections 56-111, 56-278 and 56-281 of the Code of 1950 to . . .

Iron Company v. Jenkins (SCV, 09/09/66)
. . . 180 N.E. 567; In re Von Ette, 223 Mass. 56, 111 N.E. 696, and Hansen Paxton & . . .

. . . Tony Albert MacKall v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director, . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 02/06/98)
. . . between rich and poor.' " Id. at 755-56, 111 S.Ct. at 2567-68 (quoting Douglas, 372 U.S. at . . .

Bell v. Com. (SCV, 06/07/02)
. . . County of Riverside v. McLaughlin, 500 U.S. 44, 56, 111 S.Ct. 1661, 114 L.Ed.2d 49 (1991) (probable . . .

. . . United States v. Lynell Lynnie Taylor, A/K/A Scoop, A/K/A . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 07/11/05)
. . . right. See Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U.S. 722, 755-56, 111 S.Ct. 2546, 115 L.Ed.2d 640 (1991); . . .

Norfolk v. C. & O. RY. CO. (SCV, 10/08/51)
. . . the railroad and resort to motor bus. Section 56-111 of the Virginia Code authorizes railroad or . . .

McGuire v. Com. (COA, 02/22/00)
. . . County of Riverside v. McLaughlin, 500 U.S. 44, 56, 111 S.Ct. 1661, 1670, 114 L.Ed.2d 49 (1991). . . .

Lorenzo v. Rumsfeld (District Court, E.D. Virginia, 10/18/06)
. . . (c); Stevens v. Dept. Of Treasury, 500 U.S. 1, 5-6, 111 S.Ct. 1562, 114 L.Ed.2d 1 (1991). . . .

HENRICO COUNTY SCHOOL BD. v. Bohle (COA, 07/07/92)
. . . 1974) (quoting Dante v. Gotelli, 17 N.J. 254, 254-56, 111 A.2d 267, 268 (1955)). Accord, Schalk v. . . .

United States v. Shahani-Jahromi (District Court, E.D. Virginia, 10/06/03)
. . . .'" United States v. Yousef, 327 F.3d 56, 111 (2d Cir.2003) (quoting United States v. Davis, . . .

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