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ILL. CENT. R.R. CO. v. COMMERCE COM'N

No. 32949.

2 Ill.2d 382 (1954)

118 N.E.2d 435

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 17, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN W. FOSTER, of Chicago, (JOSEPH H. WRIGHT, and HERBERT J. DEANY, of counsel,) for appellant.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WILLIAM C. WINES, RAYMOND S. SARNOW, and A. ZOLA GROVES, of counsel,) for appellee.

MOORE, MING & LEIGHTON, of Chicago, (THURGOOD MARSHALL, of New York, N.Y., and WILLIAM R. MING, JR., and GEORGE N. LEIGHTON, both of Chicago, of counsel,) for Vera Johnson et al., amici curiae.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE FULTON delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal pursuant to section 69 of the Public Utilities Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, chap. 111 2/3, par. 73,) for review of a judgment of the superior court of Cook County, which affirmed the decision and order of the Illinois Commerce Commission whereby the Commerce Commission found that the method used by the Illinois Central Railroad Company, appellant, in loading its interstate...

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