Legal Opinion
Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 29, 1967No. 8PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
This is a controversy between the Mountain-Pacific railroads and certain Midwestern railroads, involving the proper division between them of joint rates from through freight service in which they both participate. Dissatisfied with their share of existing divisions, the Midwestern carriers called upon the Interstate Commerce Commission’s statutory authority to determine that joint rate divisions “are or will be unjust, unreasonable, inequitable, or unduly preferential,” and to prescribe “just, reasonable, and equitable divisions” in their place. 1 The Commission found that the existing…
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