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INT. COM. COMM. v. UNION PACIFIC R.R.

Nos. 451, 452, 453.

222 U.S. 541 (1912)

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. SAME v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. SAME v. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 9, 1912.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Luther M. Walter and Mr. Jesse C. Adkins for appellant.

Mr. Hale Holden, with whom Mr. Charles Donnelly and Mr. F.C. Dillard were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE LAMAR, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

These appeals raise the single question as to whether, in making the 45 cent rate, the Commission acted within or beyond its power. As the statute makes its finding prima facie correct (Cincinnati &c. Ry. v. Interstate Commerce Commission, 206 U.S. 142, 154), it will be more convenient

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