Public Service Commission v. United States

Plaintiffs make three points in attacking the order of the Interstate Commerce Commission authorizing the abandonment of this short railway in Bronx and Westchester Counties, New York; namely, lack of jurisdiction of the Commission, lack of evidence to support the conclusion that continued operation of the line would constitute an undue burden on interstate commerce, and lack of a fair hearing because the Commission after its decision denied motions to reopen the hearing for the production of further evidence. Under the circumstances here disclosed, the first alone seems to us to present…