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U.S. v. ELGIN, J. & E. RY.

No. 660.

298 U.S. 492 (1936)

56 S.Ct. 841

80 L.Ed. 1300

UNITED STATES v. ELGIN, JOLIET & EASTERN RAILWAY CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 25, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Solicitor General Bell, with whom Solicitor General Reed and Messrs. Daniel W. Knowlton, M.S. Huberman, and Elmer B. Collins were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Nathan L. Miller, with whom Messrs. Kemper K. Knapp, Frank B. Kellogg, and Charles S. Belsterling were on the brief, for appellee.

By leave of Court, Mr. Clarence A. Miller filed a brief on behalf of The American Short Line Railroad Association, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance of the decree of the lower court.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellee, incorporated under the laws of Illinois and Indiana, has been an interstate common carrier by railroad since 1884. It operates the "Chicago Outer Belt Line," 195 miles long, which runs from a point on Lake Michigan, north of Chicago, around that city to South Chicago, Gary and Porter, south and east. This line connects and interchanges freight with every railroad entering Chicago and serves many...

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