Legal Opinion
Interstate Commerce Commission v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Virginia
Decided February 19, 1904PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Equity. Suit for injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
McDOWEEE, District Judge.
This case arises from a bill filed by the Interstate Commerce Commission, praying an injunction. In brief, the bill alleges that the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company — to be hereinafter styled the .C. & O. — is carrying and intends to continue to carry coal at less than its published tariff rates for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, and is committing an illegal discrimination in favor of that company. Both defendants have answered, denying any violation of the interstate commerce act (Act Feb. 4, 1887, c. 104, §§ 2, 6, 24 Stat. 379, 380 [U. S.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fé Railway Co. v. HefleySupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Aspen Mining & Smelting Co. v. BillingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. GoodridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Southern Railway Co. v. Wilcox & DeJarnetteSupreme Court of Virginia · 1901
- Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. BundickSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
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3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. Milwaukee Refrigerator Transit Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin · 1905
- Lumber Co. v. RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
- Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Dewey Portland Cement Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
- R. R. Discrimination CaseSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1904