Legal Opinion

Union Pacific Railroad v. Public Utilities Commission

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided May 8, 1915No. 19,725; No. 19,726PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Appeal from Shawnee district court, division No. 1; Alston W. Dana, judge.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This is an appeal by the public utilities commission from a decision of the district court of Shawnee county in which the commission was enj oined from enforcing its order directing the Santa Fe and Union Pacific railroads to reduce their freight rates on slack, nut and pea coal from Pittsburg to Concordia from $1.54 per ton to $1.20 per ton.

About January 1, 1913, the Concordia Ice & Cold Storage Company and the Concordia Electric Light Company filed a complaint before the public utilities commission against the Santa Fe, Burlington,…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  2. The Minnesota Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  3. Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
  5. Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. State Corp. CommissionSupreme Court of Kansas · 1963
  2. State ex rel. Hopkins v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1924
  3. State ex rel. Caster v. Kansas Postal-Telegraph-Cable Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1915
  4. Barrett v. DuffSupreme Court of Kansas · 1923
  5. Southern Kansas Stage Lines Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Kansas · 1932

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