Legal Opinion
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 24, 1977No. 76-1198PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
Petitioners seek to review and set aside orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) declaring certain railroad rates for the shipment of wheat eastward from Chicago to be unlawfully discriminatory and directing that the discrimination be removed.1 The principal issue before us is whether the Commission erred in finding the rates to be discriminatory as a matter of law in violation of section 2 of the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 2.2
This controversy centers around the dual rate structure maintained by the petition*1188ing railroads for the eastward…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. MechlingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Inland Waterways Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Thompson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- James McWilliams Blue Line, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1951
- Cargill, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1942
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In Re Wheat Rail Freight Rate Antitrust LitigationDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1984
- Board of Trade of the City of Chicago v. The Interstate Commerce Commission, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, Intervening the Peavey Company v. The Interstate Commerce Commission, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, InterveningCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Board of Trade of Chicago v. Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981