Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. United States

This suit was brought in the federal district court for the northern district of Illinois to set aside parts of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission made in a proceeding instituted by that body on its own- motion. The purpose of the proceeding was to investigate “.the rules for car-hire settlement between common carriers by railroad in the United States for the use and detention of freight cars while on the lines of carriers other than their owners, with a view to making such order or orders in the premises as maybe warranted by the record.” All common carriers by railroad in the…