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BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC. v. UNITED STATES

No. 81-1008.

459 U.S. 131 (1982)

103 S.Ct. 514

74 L.Ed.2d 311

BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 13, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Eden Martin argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Howard J. Trienens and Thormund A. Miller.

Elliott Schulder argued the cause for the federal respondents. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Lee, Deputy Solicitor General Shapiro, John Broadley, Kathleen M. Dollar, Robert S. Burk, and Timm L. Abendroth. William L. Slover argued the cause for respondents City of San Antonio et al. With him on the brief for respondent San Antonio was C. Michael Loftus. Mark White, Attorney General, John W. Fainter, First Assistant Attorney General, Richard E. Gray III, Executive Assistant Attorney General, and James R. Myers and Stuart Fryer, Assistant Attorneys General, filed a brief for respondent State of Texas.

CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to clarify the allocation of authority, as between the federal courts and the Interstate Commerce Commission, to set and review rates for movements of coal by rail.

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This case arose as a result of a 1972 decision of San Antonio, Tex., acting through its City Public Service Board, to substitute coal-generated electricity for natural...

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