WISCONSIN R.R. COMM. v. C., B. & Q.R.R. CO.

No. 206.

257 U.S. 563 (1922)

42 S.Ct. 232

66 L.Ed. 371

RAILROAD COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN ET AL. v. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 27, 1922.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. M.B. Olbrich, with whom Mr. William J. Morgan, Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin, Mr. Ralph M. Hoyt and Mr. E.E. Brossard were on the briefs, for appellants.

Mr. Bruce Scott and Mr. Alfred P. Thom, with whom Mr. Kenneth F. Burgess, Mr. R.V. Fletcher, Mr. O.W. Dynes and Mr. A.A. McLaughlin were on the briefs, for appellee.


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

The Commission's order, interference with which was enjoined by the District Court, effects the removal of the unjust discrimination found to exist against persons in interstate commerce, and against interstate commerce, by fixing a minimum for intrastate passenger fares in Wisconsin at 3.6 cents per mile per passenger. This is done under...

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