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CHICAGO, R.I. & P. RY. CO. v. U.S.

No. 69.

284 U.S. 80 (1931)

52 S.Ct. 87

76 L.Ed. 177

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 23, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank H. Towner, with whom Messrs. Alfred P. Thom, W.F. Dickinson, R.N. Van Doren, R.V. Fletcher, Herbert Fitzpatrick, George F. Brownell, C.C. Paulding, Ben C. Dey, F. Barron Grier, Edward S. Jouett, W.R.C. Cocke, and L.E. Jeffries were on these brief, for appellants.

Assistant to the Attorney General O'Brian, with whom Solicitor General Thacher and Messrs. Charles H. Weston, Hammond E. Chaffetzs, Daniel W. Knowlton, and H.L. Underwood were on the brief, for the United States et al., appellees.

Mr. Robert E. Quirk for the South Manchester R. Co., appellee.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit was brought in the federal district court for the northern district of Illinois to set aside parts of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission made in a proceeding instituted by that body on its own motion. The purpose of the proceeding was to investigate "the rules for car-hire settlement between common carriers by railroad in the United States for the use and detention of freight cars while...

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