SEABOARD AIR LINE RY. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 27.

254 U.S. 57 (1920)

SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY COMPANY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 8, 1920.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Claudian B. Northrop and Mr. Frank W. Gwathmey for appellants.

Mr. Blackburn Esterline, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom The Solicitor General was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Charles W. Needham, with whom Mr. P.J. Farrell was on the brief, for the Interstate Commerce Commission.


MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

In this case a petition was filed in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia to enjoin an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission concerning the absorption of switching charges on the lines of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, the Seaboard Air Line Railway, Southern Railway Company, and Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company within...

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