The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission and the United States of America

This is a petition for review of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission establishing rates for the shipment of citrus fruits by rail eastward from California and Arizona. Docket No. 35960, Sunkist Growers, Inc. v. The Akron, Canton & Youngstown R.R. Co.

In 1974, citrus growers in these two states filed a complaint with the ICC requesting a prescription of rates taking into account the use of modern refrigerator cars and scaled to provide lower rates as the quantity shipped per car increases. Finding that such rates would lead to better utilization of railroad stock without decreasing…