Legal Opinion
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 29, 1935No. 606, 607PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
These are separate appeals from a decree of a three judge court dismissing a suit to enjoin enforcement of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission. & F. Supp. 825. The suit was brought by 24 railroads, appellants in No. 606, for convenience called “carriers,” against the United States and Interstate Commerce Commission. Twenty-one are line carriers; the other three perform only switching service. The Union Stock Yard & Transit Company, appellant in No. 607, and the Hygrade Food Products Corporation, the complainant before the Commission and one of the appellees here, intervened.
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