CENTRAL R.R. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 436.

257 U.S. 247 (1921)

CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 5, 1921.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry Wolf Bikle and Mr. Alexander H. Elder, with whom Mr. Charles E. Miller was on the brief, for appellants.

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

Mr. Walter McFarland, with whom Mr. P.J. Farrell was on the brief, for the Interstate Commerce Commission.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought in the Federal District Court for New Jersey to enjoin the enforcement of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission on the ground that it exceeds the powers of the Commission, was arbitrary and is void. The plaintiffs were the Central Railroad of New Jersey, the Pennsylvania, and twenty-one other railroads located in Trunk Line territory and...

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