Supreme Court of the United States, 1966

Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 4, 1966

383 U.S. 964; 86 S. Ct. 1269 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Nuel D. Belnap, Richard M. Freeman, Bryce L. Hamilton, Raymond K. Merrill, Nye F. More-house, John W. Adams, Martin L. Cassell arid Frank R. Johnston for appellants in No. 159. Solicitor General Marshall, Assistant Attorney General Turner, Robert B. Hummel, Jerry Z. Pruzansky, Robert W. Ginnane and Arthur J. Cerra for the United States et al. in No. 576. Douglas F. Smith, Howard J. Trienens, George L. Saunders, Jr., John E. McCullough, S. R. Brittingham, Jr., Monroe E. Clinton, Frank S. Farrell, Lawrence W. Hobbs, L. E. Torinus, Jr., and E. L. Van Dellen for Atchi-son, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al., and E. P. Porter, Alan C. Furth, Charles W. Burkett, Robert L. Pierce and Thormund A. Miller for Southern Pacific Co. et al., appellees in both cases. Robert Y. Thornton, Attorney General of Oregon, Lloyd G. Hammel and Richard W. Sabin, Assistant Attorneys General, John J. O’Connell, Attorney General of Washington, and Frank P. Hayes, Assistant Attorney General, for Regulatory Commissions of the State of Arizona et al., and Mary Moran Pajalich and J. Thomason Phelps for the State of California et al., intervening plaintiffs-appellees in both cases.

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

Howard Ross and Bernard Ross, as Trustees for Lena Rosenbaum v. Robert A. Bernhard (2d Cir. 1969)
United States v. Townsend (District Court, E.D. Michigan 1975)
United States v. Joe Garrison Smith, United States of America v. James Leonard Campbell (6th Cir. 1968)
United States v. Arms (District Court, E.D. Tennessee 1967)

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Opinion of the Court

Appeals from D. C. *965S. D. Cal. Probable jurisdiction noted. The cases are consolidated and a total of three hours is allotted for oral argument.

Nuel D. Belnap, Richard M. Freeman, Bryce L. Hamilton, Raymond K. Merrill, Nye F. More-house, John W. Adams, Martin L. Cassell arid Frank R. Johnston for appellants in No. 159. Solicitor General Marshall, Assistant Attorney General Turner, Robert B. Hummel, Jerry Z. Pruzansky, Robert W. Ginnane and Arthur J. Cerra for the United States et al. in No. 576. Douglas F. Smith, Howard J. Trienens, George L. Saunders, Jr., John E. McCullough, S. R. Brittingham, Jr., Monroe E. Clinton, Frank S. Farrell, Lawrence W. Hobbs, L. E. Torinus, Jr., and E. L. Van Dellen for Atchi-son, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al., and E. P. Porter, Alan C. Furth, Charles W. Burkett, Robert L. Pierce and Thormund A. Miller for Southern Pacific Co. et al., appellees in both cases. Robert Y. Thornton, Attorney General of Oregon, Lloyd G. Hammel and Richard W. Sabin, Assistant Attorneys General, John J. O’Connell, Attorney General of Washington, and Frank P. Hayes, Assistant Attorney General, for Regulatory Commissions of the State of Arizona et al., and Mary Moran Pajalich and J. Thomason Phelps for the State of California et al., intervening plaintiffs-appellees in both cases.

Reported below: 238 F. Supp. 528.

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