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ILL. CENT. R.R. v. LOUISIANA R.R. COMM.

No. 423.

236 U.S. 157 (1915)

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. FUENTES ET AL., CONSTITUTING THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 1, 1915.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Blewett Lee, with whom Mr. Robert V. Fletcher, Mr. Hunter C. Leake and Mr. Gustave Lemle were on the brief, for appellant;

Mr. Wylie M. Barrow, with whom Mr. Ruffin G. Pleasant, Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, was on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

After a full hearing and investigation the Railroad Commission of Louisiana, on August 8, 1903, promulgated the following, known as Order No. 295:

"No railroad company operating in the State of Louisiana shall refuse or decline to switch cars for any other railroad with which it connects or any shipper, or consignee, at rates approved or established by the...

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