UNITED STATES v. N.Y. CENT. R.R.

No. 284.

272 U.S. 457 (1926)

UNITED STATES ET AL. v. NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 22, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Mr. Robert E. Whalen, with whom Mr. Charles C. Paulding was on the brief, for the appellee.


MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The State of New York, by its Superintendent of Public Works, in a complaint filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission, sought to compel the New York Central Railroad Company to provide transportation service between the public terminal of the Erie Barge Canal at Buffalo and shippers located along its tracks and along the lines of other railroads with which it can interchange traffic. The service demanded included...

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