[604] Southern Pacific v. United States, in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Brief of United States, Appellee, pp. 364-65).
[605] Ibid., p. 363.
[606] United States v. Southern Pacific Company, 251 U. S. 1 (1919). The decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals, which was favorable to the railroad, is reported in 249 Fed. 785 (1918).
[607] United States v. Southern Pacific, 260 Fed. 511 (1919). See also ibid., 225 Fed. 197 (1915).
[608] The annual report of the Southern Pacific Company for the year ending December 31, 1920, contained the statement that Southern Pacific Company stockholders or their assigns had purchased an aggregate of 3,414,604 shares of Pacific Oil Company stock, thus leaving 85,395 shares still in possession of the company.
[609] 14 United States Statutes 239 (1866).
[610] 16 United States Statutes 47 (1869).
[611] See Joint Resolution No. 18, 35 United States Statutes 571 (1908), instructing the Attorney-General to institute certain suits.
[612] United States v. Oregon and California Railroad Company, 186 Fed. 861 (1911).
[613] Oregon and California Railroad Company v. United States, 238 U. S. 393 (1915).