THE CHICAGO JUNCTION CASE

No. 489.

264 U.S. 258 (1924)

THE CHICAGO JUNCTION CASE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Luther M. Walter, with whom Mr. John S. Burchmore was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Blackburn Esterline, Assistant to the Solicitor General, with whom Mr. Attorney General Daugherty and Mr. Solicitor General Beck were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. P.J. Farrell for the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Mr. Ralph M. Shaw, with whom Mr. Silas H. Strawn, Mr. Guy Currier and Mr. Frederick C. Hack were on the brief, for Chicago Junction Railway Company et al., appellees.

Mr. Robert J. Cary filed a brief on behalf of New York Central Railroad Company and Chicago River & Indiana Railroad Company, appellees.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Chicago Junction Railway and the Chicago River and Indiana Railroad are terminal railroads located within the Chicago switching district. Prior to May 16, 1922, they were operated as independent belt-lines, uncontrolled by any trunk line carrier; and they were used by the twenty-three railroads entering Chicago, impartially and without discrimination. Among these...

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