Legal Opinion
Union Pacific Railroad v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 13, 1941No. 594PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
This appeal involves the legality, under the Elkins Act, of appellants’ activities and course of conduct with respect to the new Food Terminal at Kansas City, Kansas. That city and Kansas City, Missouri, are both part of a district known as Greater Kansas City, which for over three-quarters of a century had been served by a produce market located in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1937 the Union Pacific Railroad, acting upon the suggestion of two promoters, DeOreo and Fean, formulated a plan for the construction of a new market in Kansas City, Kansas. The Union Pacific in turn induced the City of…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Morgan v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- National Labor Relations Board v. Express Publishing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by65 opinions
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- Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
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