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UNITED STATES v. JOINT TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION

No. 84.

171 U.S. 505 (1898)

19 S.Ct. 25

43 L.Ed. 259

UNITED STATES, v. JOINT TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 24, 1898.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor General for appellants.

Mr. James C. Carter (with whom was Mr. Lewis Cass Ledyard on the brief), for The Joint Traffic Association, appellee.

Mr. E.J. Phelps for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, appellee.

Mr. George F. Edmunds for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, appellee.

Mr. Solicitor General, for the United States.

Mr. James A. Logan and Mr. John G. Johnson filed a brief on behalf of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and eight other railroad companies, appellees.

Mr. Robert W. de Forest and Mr. David Willcox filed a brief on behalf of the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, appellee.

MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

This case has been most ably argued by counsel both for the Government and the railroad companies. The suit is brought to obtain a decree declaring null and void the agreement mentioned in the bill. Upon comparing that agreement with the one set forth in the case of United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association, 166 U.S. 290, the great...

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