Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United States

The Interstate Commerce Commission entered an order on February 2, 1937, which directed certain carriers serving the Port of New York district to cease and desist on or before April 5, 1937, from permitting shippers in interstate commerce over the carriers’ lines from occupying “space by lease or otherwise in warehouses, buildings or on piers owned or controlled directly or indirectly by, or affiliated with” the carriers involved “at rates and charges which failed to compensate said” carriers “for the cost of providing said space.” The cease and desist order likewise directed the carriers to…