Legal Opinion
United States v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 25, 1936No. 660PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justícb McReynolds
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Appellee, incorporated under the laws of Illinois and Indiana, has been an interstate common carrier by railroad since 1884. It operates the “Chicago Outer Belt Line,” 195 miles long, which runs from a point on Lake Michigan, north of Chicago, around .that city to South Chicago, Gary and Porter, south and east. This line connects and interchanges freight with every railroad entering Chicago and serves many industrial plants. Among them are certain'large producers of steel and steel products, operated by corporations, sometimes called…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- United States v. Reading Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
- United States v. United States Steel CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- United States v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- United States v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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- Herman Quarles v. Fuqua Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
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