United States v. Village of Hubbard

MR. Justice Brandéis

delivered the opinion of the Court.

These cases were argued together. They present on substantially similar facts the question whether interurban electric railroads engaged in interstate commerce are subject generally to regulation by the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Each case is a direct appeal, under the Act of October 22, 1913, c. 32, 38 Stat. 208, 220, from a final decree of the federal court for northern Ohio setting aside an order of the Commission. In each the plaintiff below was an Ohio municipality, and the carrier, who intervened as defendant, an independent…