I.C.C. v. OREGON-WASHINGTON R. CO.

No. 23.

288 U.S. 14 (1933)

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION ET AL. v. OREGON-WASHINGTON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 9, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Stanley Payne, with whom Mr. Daniel W. Knowlton was on the brief, for the Interstate Commerce Commission, appellant.

Messrs. William C. McCulloch and James M. Thompson, with whom Mr. I.H. Van Winkle, Attorney General of Oregon, was on the brief, for the Public Utilities Commissions of Oregon and Idaho, appellants.

Mr. Arthur C. Spencer, with whom Messrs. Henry W. Clark and James M. Souby were on the brief, for the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co., appellee.

Mr. Ben C. Dey, with whom Messrs. Guy V. Shoup and Alfred A. Hampson were on the brief, for the Southern Pacific Co., intervener-appellee.


MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Public Service Commission of Oregon filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission, against eleven railroads, including the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, asserting they had failed and refused to provide reasonable and adequate transportation facilities to an area of some 33,000 square miles within the State. The prayer was that one...

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