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State Public Utilities Commission ex rel. Farmers' Illinois Grain Dealers Ass'n v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 19, 1917No. 10973PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Norman L. Jones, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Craig

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Sangamon county entered April 27, 1916, affirming an order made by the State Public Utilities Commission on October 8, 1914, disapproving a proposed increase of rates by appellants on intra-State shipments of grain and grain products in the State of Illinois.

Appellants and other railroad companies filed with both the Inter-State Commerce Commission and with the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of Illinois, on different dates during February, 1913, and prior thereto, and prior to thirty days before March 15, 1913, numerous schedules…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. Simpson v. ShepardSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  3. State Public Utilities Commission ex rel. Mitchell v. Chicago & West Towns Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1916
  4. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. State Public Utilities CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Railroad & Warehouse Commission ex rel. East Side Packing Co. v. Vandalia RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1913

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. A., T. S. F. Ry. Co. v. Commerce Com.Illinois Supreme Court · 1929
  2. Antioch Milling Co. v. Public Service Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1954
  3. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Commerce Commission ex rel. Illinois Coal Traffic BureauIllinois Supreme Court · 1929
  4. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Co. v. Commerce Commission Ex Rel. Cairo Ass'n of CommerceIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
  5. Commerce Commission Ex Rel. Danville Brick Co. v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1926

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