<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In suit in federal court to restrain interference with railroad's contract granting exclusive privileges to plaintiff taxicab company in soliciting patronage at depot, federal courts are not bound by Kentucky decisions that such contracts are invalid, since, in determining questions of general law, federal courts are free to exercise their own independent judgment . Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Court membership </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Dl> <Dt> Chief Justice </Dt> <Dd> William H. Taft </Dd> <Dt> Associate Justices </Dt> <Dd> Oliver W. Holmes, Jr . Willis Van Devanter James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis George Sutherland Pierce Butler Edward T. Sanford Harlan F. Stone </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Dl> <Dt> Chief Justice </Dt> <Dd> William H. Taft </Dd> <Dt> Associate Justices </Dt> <Dd> Oliver W. Holmes, Jr . Willis Van Devanter James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis George Sutherland Pierce Butler Edward T. Sanford Harlan F. Stone </Dd> </Dl>

Black & white taxicab & transfer co. v. brown & yellow taxicab & transfer co