United States ex rel. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission

MILLER, Associate Justice.

The fact situation out of which this case arises is essentially the same as that described in United States ex rel. Chicago Great Western R. Co. v. Interstate Commerce Comm., 294 U.S. 50, 55 S.Ct. 326, 79 L.Ed. 752. Appellant, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, appeared as an intervener in the proceeding before the Interstate Commerce Commission in the earlier case. In the present case it appeared by original complaint before the Commission. In each of the two cases, the objective sought was to escape the burdens imposed upon it by an agreement — into which it…