ARKANSAS COMM. v. CHICAGO, ETC. R.R.

No. 549.

274 U.S. 597 (1927)

ARKANSAS RAILROAD COMMISSION ET AL. v. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward A. Haid, with whom Messrs. H.W. Applegate, Attorney General of Arkansas, and Brooks Hays, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Thomas S. Buzbee, with whom Messrs. Marcus L. Bell and William F. Dickinson were on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a direct appeal from a final decree of the federal court for eastern Arkansas granting an injunction under paragraph 3 of § 238 of the Judicial Code as amended by the Act of February 13, 1925. The plaintiff below was the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad; the defendants the Arkansas Railroad Commission and a state prosecuting attorney. The controversy...

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