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The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company et al., Appellants, v. The United States et al.
231 U.S. 736·Supreme Court of the United States·1913
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No. 539.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company et al., Appellants, v. The United States et al.
Appeal from the United States Commerce Court.
Argued October 27 and 28, 1913.
Decided November 3, 1913.
Mr. Wm. E. Lamb, Mr. Geo. E. Farrand, Mr. Rush C. Butler and Mr. Stephen A. Foster for intervenors.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Decree affirmed on the authority of Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission, 206 U. S. 454, and cases cited; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission, 218 U. S. 88, 110; Proctor & Gamble. Co. v. United States, 225 U. S. 282, 297-298; Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co., 227 U. S. 88, 91. Mr. C. W. Durbrow, Mr. Robert Dunlap, Mr. H. A. Scandrett, Mr. T. J. Norton, Mr. Maxwell Evarts and Mr. James G. Wilson for the appellants. The Attorney General, The Solicitor General and Mr. Blackburn Esterline for the United States. Mr. P. J. Farrell for The Interstate Commerce Commission.