Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The connecting roads of the appellees form the short line— 496 miles in length — between New Orleans and Atlanta, The through line consists of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad from New Orleans to Montgomery, the Western Railway of Alabama between Montgomery and West Point, and the Atlanta and West Point Railroad from West Point to Atlanta. . LaGrange is on the Western Railway of Alabama, 104 miles from…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The connecting roads of the appellees form the short line— 496 miles in length — between New Orleans and Atlanta, The through line consists of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad from New Orleans to Montgomery, the Western Railway of Alabama between Montgomery and West Point, and the Atlanta and West Point Railroad from West Point to Atlanta. . LaGrange is on the Western Railway of Alabama, 104 miles from Montgomery. Opelika lies between Montgomery and LaGrange, 38 miles distant from the latter. LaGrange and the following…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The Circuit Court concurred in the finding of the Commission, that by the exaction of the rates to LaGrange complained of, the third and fourth sections of the act to regulate commerce were violated, and, being unable to say that error clearly appeared in the finding that the first section of the act was also violated, refused to overrule the action of the Commission in any particular.
Whilst the Circuit Court of Appeals announced its con- elusions in a jper curiam opinion, it is fairly inferable from the authorities which, are cited in that opinion thht the court concluded that the rates…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
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