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LEHIGH VALLEY R. CO. V. UNITED STATES, 243 U. S. 412 (1917)

243 U. S. 412

U.S. Supreme Court

Lehigh Valley R. Co. v. United States, 243 U.S. 412 (1917)

Lehigh Valley Railroad Company v. United States

No. 733

Argued March 15, 1917

Decided March 26, 1917

243 U.S. 412

Syllabus

The district court is without jurisdiction over an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, negative in substance and form, in which the Commission declined to exercise its authority under the "Panama Canal Act" of August 24, 1912, c. 390, § 11, 37 Stat. 60, 566, to extend the period fixed in the act for the divorcement of railroad and water carriers. Procter & Gamble Co. v. United States, 225 U. S. 282.

234 F.6d 2 affirmed.

The case is stated in the opinion.


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