Interstate Commerce Commission v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The facts, which involve the validity of certain orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission affecting railroad freight rates to points known as Missouri River cities, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
The question in the case is the validity of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission reducing the class rates charged by the appellee railroad 'companies on' through freight shipped from the Atlantic seaboard to *90Kansas City, and St. Joseph, Missouri, and Omaha, Nebraska, cities on the Missouri River and called throughout the record, and in this opinion, Missouri River cities.
The through class rates were reduced from Jo á é í in cents per. 100 pounds to ¿¡ ¿ t¡ The numbers above the lines indicate the classes and the numbers below the lines the rates.
The reduction was made in that part…
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