East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COUKT OF APPEALS FOE THE SIXTH ' CIECUIT. The Board of Trade of Chattanooga, Tennessee, a chartered corporation, petitioned the Interstate Commerce .Commission for relief under the act to regulate commerce.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COUKT OF APPEALS FOE THE SIXTH ' CIECUIT. The Board of Trade of Chattanooga, Tennessee, a chartered corporation, petitioned the Interstate Commerce .Commission for relief under the act to regulate commerce. The defendants, the East Tennessee, Yirginia and Georgia Railway, and numerous other rail and steamship companies, were alleged to be common carriers subject to the act to regulate commerce, and engaged in the transportation of passengers and freight by all rail or partly by rail and water from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and other places on the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
To comprehend the contentions which are made on this record it is essential to give a summary of the condition as depicted in the findings of the commission, and upon which the rclisl which it granted was based.
The state of affairs ivas as follows: Freight from the eastern seaboard to Cincinnati' and other western points, north of the Ohio River, was controlled by the classification and tariff of rates prevailing in what was denominated as the northern or Trunk Line territory. On the other hand, the area south of the Ohio River, which was denominated the southern territory, was governed by…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Alabama Midland Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. BehlmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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- United States v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- In re RochfordCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
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- The VestrisDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1932
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