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New York v. United States, 257 U.S. 591 (1922)

New York v. United States

No. 283

Argued October 19, 20, 1921

Decided February 27, 1922

257 U.S. 591

Syllabus

1. Absence of any substantial evidence to sustain a finding of the Interstate Commerce Commission material to an order adjusting rates may be relied on in a suit directly attacking the order to

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which the United States and the Commission are made parties. P. 257 U. S. 600.

2. Evidence found insufficient to sustain an order for a general increase of state passenger, baggage, and milk rate as prejudicial to persons and localities in interstate commerce, under § 416 (§ 13, paragraph 4) of the Transportation Act of 1920. P. 257 U. S. 600. Cf. Railroad Commission of Wisconsin v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. Co., ante, 257 U. S. 563.

3. Interference with a charter fare-limiting contract between a railroad and a state is not a taking of the property of the state or its people without due process of law when done under the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce, nor doe the contract clause of the Constitution forbid. P. 257 U. S. 600.

4. Intrastate rates so low that they discriminate against interstate commerce, within the meaning of the Transportation Act of 1920, may constitutionally be increased thereunder by the Interstate Commerce Commission to conform with like rates in interstate commerce fixed by it pursuant to the act. P. 257 U. S. 601. Railroad Commission of Wisconsin v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. Co., ante, 257 U. S. 563.

272 F.7d 8 affirmed.

Appeal from a decree of the district court dismissing a bill brought by appellants against the United States and the Interstate Commerce Commission to annul an order of the latter authorizing an increase of intrastate railroad rates. Various carriers intervened and became appellees.

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