Central Transfer Co. v. Terminal Railroad Assn. of St. Louis

Petitioner, a Delaware corporation engaged in the transportation of interstate' freight in St. Louis, brought suit in-the District Court for Eastern Missouri against respondent, Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, and its , sixteen constituent members, interstate rail carriers having terminalsin St. Louis or East St. Louis, to restrain an alleged violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The District Court dismissed the suit after a trial on the merits, on the ground that as the acts complained of involved matters within the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission a suit to…