Legal Opinion
United States v. Chicago & A. Ry. Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 6, 1906PublishedCited by 16 opinions
On Motion by Defendant for Direction of a Verdict.
1Opinion of the Court
LANDIS, District Judge.
In this proceeding the Chicago & Alton Railway Company and its vice president and general freight agent are charged with violating the interstate commerce law by granting rebates. The government having closed its case, the defendants move for an order directing the jury to return a verdict of not guilty.
The material facts are as follows: The Chicago, & Alton Company is an interstate carrier, operating a railroad from Kansas City, Mo., to points east; the Belt Railway Company is an interstate carrier operating the belt line connecting Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City,…
2Cited by16 opinions
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- Central & Southern Motor Freight Tariff Ass'n v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1967
- Alton & S. R. R. v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1931
- Clark v. Southern Railway Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1918
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Transcon Lines, a Corporation Leonard L. Gumport, Chapter 7 TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
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