Legal Opinion

Interstate Commerce Commission v. Railway Labor Executives Ass'n

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 2, 1942No. 223PublishedCited by 78 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black

The appellant, Pacific Electric Railway Company, owns and operates electric railroads and motor bus and truck lines in California. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, with whose lines it makes connections at numerous points. It applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to carry out “a general program of rearrangement of . . . passenger service, involving abandonment of certain rail lines and substitution of motor coach transportation as a means of increasing operating revenues, reducing expenses, and rendering a more adequate service to…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. New England Divisions CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  2. Colorado v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  3. United States v. LowdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  4. Mitchell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  5. City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1941

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3Cited by78 opinions

  1. Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Order of Railroad Telegraphers v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. ICC v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1945

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