Pennsylvania v. Wheeling & Belmont Bridge Co.

How later courts described this case

• stating that “especially as it respects adjudication upon the private rights of parties ... [an] act of congress cannot have the effect and operation to annul the judgment of the court already rendered, or the rights determined thereby____ When they have passed into judgment the right becomes absolute, and it is the duty of the court to enforce it”
• holding that 88 the Port Preference Clause prohibits only ‘‘positive legisla- tion by [C]ongress’’ that gives ‘‘a direct privilege or prefer- ence to the ports of any particular State over those of another,’’ not federal enactments that merely confer ‘‘inciden- tal advantages’’ on one port over others
• holding that the Port Preference Clause prohibits only “positive legislation by [C]ongress” that gives “a direct privilege or preference to the ports of any particular State over those of another,” not federal enactments that merely confer “incidental advantages” on one port over others
• holding that an injunction should be dissolved when the Case: 21-1712 Document: 57 Page: 22 Filed: 02/23/2022 OPTICURRENT, LLC v. POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. 5 right forming the basis of the injunction was later modi- fied

Written by the judges who cited it.