KANSAS CITY SO. RY. v. INT. COM. COMM.

No. 413.

252 U.S. 178 (1920)

UNITED STATES AT THE RELATION OF KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 8, 1920.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Louis Marshall and Mr. Samuel W. Moore, with whom Mr. Samuel Untermyer was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. P.J. Farrell for defendant in error:

Mr. W.G. Brantley, Mr. Sanford Robinson and Mr. Leslie Craven, by leave of court, filed a brief as amici curiae.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The Act of Congress of March 1, 1913, c. 92, 37 Stat. 701, amending the "Act to regulate commerce," imposed the duty upon the Interstate Commerce Commission (§ 19a) to "investigate, ascertain, and report the value of all the property owned or used by every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act." Specifying the steps to be taken in the performance...

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