Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United States

This is a suit in equity 1 brought by appellants against the United States to set aside and permanently to enjoin the enforcement of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission based on its report made July 3, 1933, and modified in accordance with its report of January 8, 1934.2 The commission, July 10, 1928, had prescribed rates on citrus fruit3 from places of production in Florida to points in Official Classification Territory.4 The order *352here in controversy prescribes, divisions as between southern carriers hauling from Florida to Richmond, Virginia, and other gateways, and northern…