ST. LOUIS S.W. RY. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 199.

245 U.S. 136 (1917)

ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 12, 1917.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry G. Herbel, with whom Mr. Daniel Upthegrove, Mr. John R. Turney, Mr. Fred G. Wright, Mr. W.F. Dickinson, Mr. W.T. Hughes and Mr. Henry Moore were on the briefs, for appellants.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Frierson, with whom Mr. Alex Koplin was on the briefs, for the United States.

Mr. Charles W. Needham, with whom Mr. Joseph W. Folk was on the brief, for the Interstate Commerce Commission.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Kentucky by three railroad companies1 against the United States and the Interstate Commerce Commission. Plaintiffs seek to enjoin the enforcement of and to set aside an order entered by the Commission on January 21, 1916, directing these and other carriers to establish certain through routes...

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