ATCHISON ETC. RY. CO. v. U.S.

No. 287.

284 U.S. 248 (1932)

ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY CO. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 4, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederick H. Wood, with whom Messrs. Walter McFarland, Elmer A. Smith, P.F. Gault, H.H. Larimore, J.N. Davis, A.B. Mason, R.J. Hagman, M.L. Countryman, Jr., R.S. Outlaw, Leslie Craven, A.B. Enoch, Frank A. Leffingwell, William D. Whitney, and G. Howland Chase were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Daniel W. Knowlton, Chief Counsel, Interstate Commerce Commission, with whom Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant to the Attorney General O'Brian and Messrs. E.M. Reidy and H.L. Underwood were on the brief, for the United States et al., appellees.

Mr. John E. Benton, with whom Mr. Clyde S. Bailey was on the brief, for the Arizona Corporation Commission et al., interveners and appellees.

Mr. Hugh LaMaster, Assistant Attorney General of Nebraska, with whom Mr. C.A. Sorensen, Attorney General, was on the brief, for the Nebraska State Railway Commission, appellee.

Messrs. Charles W. Steiger and Ralph Merriam submitted for the Public Service Commission of Kansas, appellee.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

These suits, which were consolidated, were brought by carriers by railroad in the Western District, and by certain shippers, to restrain the enforcement of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission made July 1, 1930, as amended by a supplemental order of April 10, 1931. The order prescribed maximum rates for the transportation of grain and grain products on...

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