INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. NORTHERN PAC. RY. CO.

No. 5072.

39 F.2d 508 (1930)

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. NORTHERN PAC. RY. CO. et al.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided March 3, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel W. Knowlton and Nelson Thomas, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

W. W. Millan and R. E. L. Smith, both of Washington, D. C., and R. J. Hagman, of St. Paul, Minn., for appellees.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices.


MARTIN, Chief Justice.

An appeal from a final order of the lower court granting a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the Interstate Commerce Commission to take jurisdiction and hear and determine a certain controversy concerning railroad freight rates.

The petitioners below, now the appellees, are four railway companies, all common carriers of freight, including petroleum and petroleum products, both intrastate between points within the state of Montana...

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