AYRSHIRE CORP. v. UNITED STATES

No. 467.

331 U.S. 132 (1947)

AYRSHIRE COLLIERIES CORP. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 28, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl B. Wilkinson argued the cause for Ayrshire Collieries Corporation et al., appellants. With him on the brief were Arthur R. Hall and J. Alfred Moran.

Carson L. Taylor argued the cause for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company, appellant. With him on the brief were William L. Hunter, A.N. Whitlock and M.L. Bluhm.

Daniel W. Knowlton argued the cause for the United States and the Interstate Commerce Commission, appellees. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Washington, Assistant Attorney General Berge, Edward Dumbauld, David O. Mathews, Nelson Thomas and Daniel H. Kunkel.

Charles W. Stadell argued the cause for the Central Illinois District Coal Traffic Bureau et al., appellees. With him on the brief was Erle J. Zoll, Jr., who submitted on brief for the Alton Railroad Company et al., appellees.


MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellants filed complaints in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana seeking a temporary stay, an interlocutory injunction and a permanent injunction against the enforcement of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, dated July 9, 1945. This order had been entered in connection with findings by the Commission that certain railroad tariffs were unlawful and that other rates...

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