Majority
This suit was brought to restrain the Illinois Commerce Commission and the Attorney General of the State of Illinois from enforcing an order of the commission prescribing rates of fare upon the appellee’s railroads upon the ground that the order was confiscatory and in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The City of Chicago was permitted to intervene as defendant. The District Court, composed of three judges (U. S. C., Title 28, § 380), granted an interlocutory
Mr. Joseph F. Grossman, with whom Messrs. Wm. H. Sexton, Albert H. Veeder, Samuel A. Ettelson, and Edward C. Higgins were on the brief,.for appellant.
Messrs. Addison L. Gardner, Harry J. Dunbaugh, and Gilbert E. Porter were on the brief for appellee.' \
The Court is of the opinion that the City of. Chicago has no separate standing which entitles it to appeal from the decree, and its appeal is dismissed. Pawhuska v. Pawhuska Oil & Gas Co., 250 U. S. 394 ; Chicago v. Dempcy, 250 U. S. 651 ; Denney v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., 276 U. S. 97 , 102; Railroad Commission of California v. Los Angeles Ry. Corp., 280 U. S. 145 , 156; Public Utilities Commission v. Quincy, 290 Ill. 360 , 369, 370; 125 N. E. 374 ; Chicago Railways Co. v.. Chicago, 292 Ill. 190 , 195; 126 N. E. 585 ; 257 U. S. 617 ; Hoyne v. Chicago & Oak Park Elevated Ry. Co., 294 Ill. 413 , 420-422; 128 N. E. 587 . See also New York City v. New York Telephone Co., 261 U. S. 312 , 316.
Cases cited
- City of Pawhuska v. Pawhuska Oil & Gas Co. 250 U. S. 394 p. 578
- 250 U. S. 651 250 U. S. 651 p. 578
- Denney v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. 276 U. S. 97 p. 578
- Railroad Commission v. Los Angeles Railway Corp. 280 U. S. 145 p. 578
- 257 U. S. 617 257 U. S. 617 p. 578
- City of New York v. New York Telephone Co. 261 U. S. 312 p. 578