United States v. Union Stock Yard & Transit Co. of Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES COMMERCE COURT. The facts, which involve the application of §f 2, 6 and 20, of the Interstate Commerce Act, and of § 1 of the Elkins Act, to the Union Stock Yard & Transit Company of Chicago and the Chicago Junction Railway Company, are stated in the opinion. •The Stock Yard Company and the Junction Company are common carriers engaged in the transportation of property wholly by railroad from one State to another.
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APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES COMMERCE COURT. The facts, which involve the application of §f 2, 6 and 20, of the Interstate Commerce Act, and of § 1 of the Elkins Act, to the Union Stock Yard & Transit Company of Chicago and the Chicago Junction Railway Company, are stated in the opinion. •The Stock Yard Company and the Junction Company are common carriers engaged in the transportation of property wholly by railroad from one State to another. Both companies are engaged in the transportation of property wholly by railroad from one State to another. Property is in interstate commerce. from its…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
These are appeals from a decree entered by the Commerce Court in an action begun by the United States on the application of the Attorney General at the request of the Interstate Commerce Commission against the Union Stock Yard and Transit Company of Chicago an Illinois corporation (hereinafter called the “Stock Yard Company”)) the Chicago Junction Railway Company, an Illinois corporation (hereinafter called the “Junction Company”), and the Chicago Junction Railways and Union Stock Yards Company, a New Jersey corporation (hereinafter called the “Investment Company”), and David Pfselzer, Abe…
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