Legal Opinion
The Chicago Junction Case
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 3, 1924No. 489PublishedCited by 276 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The Chicago Junction Railway and the Chicago River and Indiana Railroad are terminal railroads .located *260within the Chicago switching district. Prior to May 16, 1922, they were operated as independent belt-lines, uncontrolled by any trunk line carrier; and they were used by the twenty-three railroads entering Chicago, impartially and without discrimination. Among these were the New York Central Lines and their chief competitors, the six carriers who are plaintiffs in this suit.1 The New York Central sought to obtain control of these…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Southern Pacific Co. v. BogertSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Martin v. MottSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
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3Cited by276 opinions
- Crowell v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Barlow v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Scanwell Laboratories, Inc. v. John H. Shaffer, Administrator (Acting) of the Federal Aviation AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
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