Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. United States
Commerce Court
Petition by the Texas & Pacific Railway Company against the United States of America, in which the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Railroad Commission of Louisiana, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, and others intervene. On final hearing. For opinion of Interstate Commerce Commission, see Meredith v. St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co., 23 Interst. Com. Com’n R. 31.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Presiding Judge.
The question to be decided in this case has been so thoroughly discussed by the Commission, and kindred questions have been so fully considered in various cases recently decided or now pending in other courts, that little can be profitably said beyond a statement of our conclusions.
There is no dispute about the material facts, and they are easily comprehended. The interstate rates of petitioner from Shreveport, La., to Dallas, Tex., and intermediate points on its line, are very much higher in proportion to distance than the state rates of petitioner from Dallas to the…
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