Atlantic City Electric Company v. United States

McLEAN, District Judge.

Seven public utilities operating in the northeastern section of the United States brought this action to enjoin and set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission made on January 9, 1969, in a proceeding entitled “Ex Parte 259, Increased Freight Rates, 1968.” The order permitted the Class I railroads of the United States to put into effect a rate increase on a great number of commodities. Among the rate increases so authorized was an increase of 5 per cent on bituminous steam coal, up to a maximum of 15^ per ton. Plaintiffs are large users of bituminous steam…