Wood v. Vandalia Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF INDIANA. . The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of an order of the Railroad Commission of Indiana prescribing maximum railroad freight rates for certain intrastate traffic, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
The bill in this s.uit was filed by the Vandalia Railroad Company, appellee, to restrain the enforcement of an order made by the Railroad Commission of Indiana, on December 14, 1906, prescribing maximum freight rates for certain, intrastate traffic. The ground, of attack was that the rates so fixed would not yield sufficient revenue to pay thb actual cost of the transportation covered by the order- and, hence, that the order violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The case was referred to a Special Master who made a report, sustaining the contention of the…
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