Public Service Commission v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Twenty-three railroad companies, appellees, brought this action seeking to set aside as "arbitrary, unjust, unreasonable and illegal” an order of the Public Service Commission of Indiana. This order reduced carload freight rates on scrap iron and steel moving in Indiana intrastate commerce, and was made following the filing of a complaint on behalf of a large number of shippers and receivers of scrap iron and after an investigation by the commission concerning the “reasonableness and lawfulness” of such rates. The complaint herein prayed that a restraining order and a temporary injunction…