United States v. Union Pacific Railroad Company (234 U.S. 495)


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234 U.S. 495

United States  v.  Union Pacific Railroad Company (234 U.S. 495)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Interstate Commerce

Commission, et al., Appts.,

v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY et al.

No. 163.

Nos. 137 and 163.

Argued February 23, 26, and 27, 1912.

Ordered on April 8, 1912, for reargument before full bench.

Reargued October 18, 21, and 22, 1912.

Decided June 22, 1914.

Former Attorney General Wickersham, Assistant to the Attorney General Fowler, and Mr. Blackburn Esterline for the United States on original argument.

Mr. Patrick J. Farrell for the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Messrs. F. C. Dillard, Robert Dunlap, E. C. Lindley, Maxwell Evarts, Gardiner Lathrop, Charles W. Bunn, and Charles Donnelly for appellees.

Messrs. Stephen A. Foster, William E. Lamb, Rush C. Butler, and Cornelius Lynde for appellant, the Chicago Association of Commerce.

Messrs. H. M. Stephens and J. B. Campbell for appellants the City of Spokane et al.

Messrs. Joseph N. Teal and Wirt Minor for interveners, the Portland Chamber of Commerce et al.

Former Attorney General Wickersham, Assistant to the Attorney General Fowler, and Mr. Blackburn Esterline for the United States on reargument.

Mr. P. J. Farrell for the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Messrs. Rush C. Butler, William E. Lamb, Stephen A. Foster, and Cornelius Lynde for appellant the Chicago Association of Commerce.

Mr. Joseph N. Teal for interveners, the Portland Chamber of Commerce et al.

Mr. J. B. Campbell for appellants the City of Spokane et al.

Mr. F. C. Dillard for appellees.

Mr. Alfred P. Thom as amicus curioe.

Mr. Chief Justice White delivered the opinion of the court:

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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