United States v. Joint Traffic Assn.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The bill was filed in this ease in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of obtaining an adjudication that an agreement entered into between some thirty-one different railroad companies was illegal, and enjoining its further execution.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The bill was filed in this ease in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of obtaining an adjudication that an agreement entered into between some thirty-one different railroad companies was illegal, and enjoining its further execution. These railroad companies formed most (but not all) of the lines engaged in the business of railroad transportation between Chicago and the Atlantic coast, and the object of the agreement, as expressed in its preamble, was to form an…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
This case has been most ably argued by counsel both for the Government and the railroad companies: The suit is brought to obtain a decree declaring null and void the agreement mentioned in the bill. Upon comparing that agreement with the one set forth in the case of United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association, 166 U. S. 290, the great similarity between them suggests that a similar result should be reached -in the two cases. The respondents, however, object to this, and give several reasons why this case should not be controlled by the other. It is, among other things, said that one…
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- United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Allgeyer v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. BrimsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Frisbie v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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