Little Rock & M. R. Co. v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Arkansas
In Equity. The material allegations in the plaintiff’s hill are that — ■ “The Little Rock & Memphis Railroad Company Is engaged in operating the railroad between the cities of Memphis, in the state of Tennessee, and Little Rock, in the state of Arkansas.
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In Equity. The material allegations in the plaintiff’s hill are that — ■ “The Little Rock & Memphis Railroad Company Is engaged in operating the railroad between the cities of Memphis, in the state of Tennessee, and Little Rock, in the state of Arkansas. That its traflic consisted principally in the transportation of through passengers and freight Lorn points east of the Mississippi river, bound to western and southern points, in the states of Arkansas, Texas, and elsewhere, and in the reverse direction. The St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company, a corporation created by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Caldwell, J.,
(after stating the facts as above.) The precise question in this case is, can a United States circuit court, in the exercise of its equity powers, require a railroad company engaged in interstate commerce traffic, to enter into an agreement with another railroad company, engaged in like traffic, for a joint through routing and joint through rates, and, upon the refusal of the company to comply with such a requirement, niay the court itself make such a contract for the parties? It is apparent from the affidavits, and is common knowledge, that to effect through routing and through…
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- Pulllman's Palace Car Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1885
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. Denver & New Orleans RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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