Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE .COMMERCE COURT. The facts, which involve the validity of an order of the Interstate Commerce. Commission relating to rates between Shreveport, Louisiana, and points within the State of Texas, and the effect of orders of the Railroad Commission of.the State of Texas in regard to rates wholly within that State, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
These suits nfere . brought in the Commerce Court by the Houston, East & West Texas Railway Company, and the Houston & Shreveport Railroad Company, and by the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, respectively, to set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, dated March 11, 1912, upon the ground that it exceeded the Commissión’s authority. Other railroad companies 1 intervened in support of the petitions, and the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Railroad Commission of Louisiana intervened in opposition. The petitions were dismissed. 205 Fed. Rep. 380.
The order of the Interstate…
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