UNITED STATES v. LOUIS. & NASH. R.R.

No. 499.

236 U.S. 318 (1915)

UNITED STATES, BY McREYNOLDS, ATTORNEY GENERAL, v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 1915.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Solicitor General, with whom Mr. Theodor Megaarden was on the brief, for the United States, and Mr. Joseph W. Folk for the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Mr. Helm Bruce, with whom Mr. Henry L. Stone, Mr. William A. Colston and Mr. Edward S. Jouett were on the brief, for defendant in error and appellee.


MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from and writ of error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Kentucky, refusing a writ of mandamus which the United States undertook to obtain under authority of § 20 of the Act to Regulate Commerce, as amended, June 29, 1906, c. 3591, 34 Stat. 584, 594, 595. In view of the character of an action in mandamus we are...

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