Russe & Burgess v. Interstate Commerce Commission
Commerce Court
Petition by Russe- & Burgess and others against the Interstate Commerce Commission, in which the United States and the Illinois Central Railway Company and others intervened.
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHBALD., Judge.
Complaint was made to the Commission by the petitioners, Russe & Burgess, with others, against numerous railroads, members of the Trans-Continental Freight Bureau, charging that excessive rates had been exacted for the transportation of lumber from Chicago and Mississippi river points to the Pacific. Coast, and asking for reparation. The Commission, upon due investigation, found that the existing rate of 8’5 cents per hundred pounds was more than was reasonable; that 75 cents was a reasonable rate, which it fixed as the maximum rate for the future; and that the complainants…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Robinson v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. StickneySupreme Court of the United States · 1909
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Thompson Lumber Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionCommerce Court · 1912