Legal Opinion
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 18, 1960No. 12PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Whittaker
These appeals present questions arising out of rival applications by several rail carriers to the' Interstate Commerce Commission under § 5 (2) of the Interstate Commerce Act! for authority to acquire control of Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad Company.
“Western” is an independent, short-line “bridge carrier” 2 of through east-west traffic by-passing the congested Chicago gateway. Its line is about 234 miles long, extending from its connection with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (“Pennsylvania”) at Effner, on the Illinois-Indiana state line, westward, through Peoria, to its connection with…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- McLean Trucking Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- United States v. Chicago Heights Trucking Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Pennsylvania Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Riss & Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by106 opinions
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- Dietrich v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Federal Maritime Commission v. Aktiebolaget Svenska Amerika LinienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Williams v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Independent Iron Works, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
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