Moffat Tunnel League v. United States

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, by petition in the nature of a bill in equity, ask this court to annul and, by appropriate relief, enjoin the execution of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission authorizing the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company to acquire stock control of the Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company. This control carries with it the right and duty on the part of the Rio Grande to construct a cut-off, known as the Dotsero Cut-Olf, which when completed will connect the two railroads and bring about transportation and economic changes in the zones affected…