Legal Opinion
United States v. Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 2, 1970No. 28PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders that give rise to these appeals grow out of applications seeking approval of a merger plan filed by the Great Northern Railway Company and the Northern Pacific Railway Company (collectively the Northern Lines), and three of their subsidiaries — the Pacific Coast Railroad Company, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (Burlington), and the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company (SP&S). The Commission approved the merger and a three-judge Federal District Court for the District of Columbia affirmed the orders of the Commission.1 We…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Northern Securities Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- United States v. Pierce Auto Freight Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. BoydSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- McLean Trucking Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- New York Central Securities Corporation v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Jackson v. New York State Urban Development Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Cross-Appellee v. Nelson Bunker Hunt, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- United States v. ICCSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Committee for Washington's Riverfront Parks v. ThompsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- William A. Rilling v. Burlington Northern Railroad Company, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
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