CHICAGO v. ATCHISON, T. & S. F. R. CO.

No. 103.

357 U.S. 77 (1958)

CITY OF CHICAGO v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 16, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Grossman argued the cause for petitioner in No. 103. With him on the brief was John C. Melaniphy.

Philip B. Kurland argued the cause for appellants-petitioners in No. 104. With him on the brief were Lee A. Freeman and Brainerd Currie for the Parmelee Transportation Co., appellant-petitioner. John C. Melaniphy filed an appearance for the City of Chicago, appellant-petitioner.

Amos M. Mathews argued the causes for respondents in No. 103 and appellees-respondents in No. 104. On the briefs were Jerome F. Dixon and Albert J. Meserow for the Railroad Transfer Service, Inc., and Mr. Mathews and J. D. Feeney, Jr. for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al., respondents in No. 103 and appellees-respondents in No. 104.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Chicago is one of the Nation's great rail centers. Each day thousands of railroad passengers travel through that City on continuous journeys from one State to another. Since the lines of all railroads which carry passengers into and out of Chicago come to an end in one of that City's eight terminals, through passengers frequently arrive at a station different from the one...

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