PITTSBURGH & W. VA. RY. v. U.S.

No. 680.

281 U.S. 479 (1930)

PITTSBURGH & WEST VIRGINIA RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 19, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H.H. Hoppe, with whom Mr. C.F. Taplin was on the brief, for appellant.

Attorney General Mitchell, Assistant to the Attorney General O'Brian, Messrs. Elmer B. Collins, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, Daniel W. Knowlton, Chief Counsel, Interstate Commerce Commission, and Nelson Thomas were on the brief for the United States and Interstate Commerce Commission.

Messrs. W.C. Boyle, Clan Crawford, Charles F. Close, and Andrew P. Martin were on the brief for the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company.

Messrs. W.H. Boyd, H.H. McKeehan, L.C. Wykoff, Charles W. Stage, and George William Cottrell were on the brief for the Cleveland Union Terminals Company and the Cleveland Terminals Building Company.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1921, the Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the New York Central Railroad and other rail carriers to join in establishing a union passenger station at Cleveland, through a subsidiary, the Cleveland Union Terminals Company.1 The Cleveland Passenger Terminal Case, 70 I.C.C. 659. The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company...

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