UNITED STATES v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

No. 6068.

71 F.2d 336 (1934)

UNITED STATES ex rel. CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN R. CO. et al. v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION et al.

Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

Decided May 7, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. F. Smith, of Kansas City, Mo., F. H. Towner, of Chicago, Ill., and George E. Hamilton, John J. Hamilton, George E. Hamilton, Jr., and Henry R. Gower, all of Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Daniel W. Knowlton, H. L. Underwood, and E. M. Reidy, all of Washington, D. C., for appellee Interstate Commerce Commission.

E. A. Boyd, of Chicago, Ill., and Lawrence H. Cake, of Washington, D. C., for appellees Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Ry. Co. and others.

Samuel W. Sawyer, of Kansas City, Mo., and Lawrence H. Cake, of Washington, D. C., for appellee Kansas City Terminal Ry. Co.

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


GRONER, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying a petition for mandamus. The history of the controversy goes back more than a quarter of a century. Boiled down it is this: In 1906, a Missouri corporation was organized for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, and operating a union station and terminal facilities in Kansas City, Missouri-Kansas. Ten railroad companies operating lines of railroad entering into or passing through Kansas City agreed...

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