U.S. v. VILLAGE OF HUBBARD

Nos. 25 and 26.

266 U.S. 474 (1925)

UNITED STATES ET AL. v. VILLAGE OF HUBBARD, OHIO. UNITED STATES ET AL. v. CITY OF WELLSVILLE, OHIO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Restored for reargument June 9, 1924.

reargued December 3, 1924.

Decided January 5, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Blackburn Esterline, Assistant to the Solicitor General, for the United States, at the first argument. He also filed a supplemental brief for the United States for the second argument.

Mr. T.H. Hogsett, with whom Mr. Agnew Hice was on the brief, for Steubenville, East Liverpool & Beaver Valley Traction Company, appellant in No. 26, at the second argument.

Mr. Edmond H. Moore, with whom Mr. John J. Boyle was on the brief, for the Village of Hubbard, appellee in No. 25, at both arguments.

Mr. Charles Boyd, with whom Mr. George D. Ingram was on the brief, for the City of Wellsville, appellee in No. 26, at both arguments.

Mr. P.J. Farrell, for the Interstate Commerce Commission, at both arguments.

Mr. Douglass D. Storey and Mr. U.C. DeFord, filed a brief on behalf of the Pennsylvania-Ohio Power & Light Company, appellant in No. 25.

Mr. Harry Brokaw, by leave of court, filed a brief on behalf of the City of East Liverpool, Ohio, as amicus curiae, in No. 26.


Restored to docket for reargument June 9, 1924.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

These cases were argued together. They present on substantially similar facts the question whether interurban electric railroads engaged in interstate commerce are subject generally to regulation by the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Each case is a direct appeal, under the Act of October 22, 1913, c. 32, 38 Stat. 208, 220, from a final decree of...

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