Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
Commerce Court
On petition of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Company and others to enjoin enforcement of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the United States & Arlington Heights Fruit Company and others, interveners.
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Judge.
The complaint made to the Interstate Commerce Commission by shippers that the car load rate of $1.15 per 100 pounds for oranges and lemons from California and other western points to the East prescribed by the railroads was unreasonably high was dismissed by the commission as to oranges, but sustained as to lemons. These rates are so-called “blanket rates,” covering transportation to practically the entire territory east of the Rocky Mountains, including New England. The rate for oranges had originally been $1.25 per hundred but had been voluntarily reduced by the railroads in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
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- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- McLean Lumber Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1916
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Commerce Commission ex rel. Illinois Coal Traffic BureauIllinois Supreme Court · 1929
- Atlantic Coast Line R. v. TrammellDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1923
- St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
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