Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al. v. Wichita Board of Trade et al.

Decided June 18, 1973. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 72-214 · 412 U.S. 800 (1973) · Cited 535 times

Holding

The action of the District Court is affirmed as to the remand to the ICC and is reversed as to the injunction suspending the proposed charges.

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How the Justices voted

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Secretary of Agriculture v. United States · 347 U.S. 645 (1954)
• Arrow Transportation Co. v. Southern Railway Co. · 372 U.S. 658 (1963)
• Scripps-Howard Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 316 U.S. 4 (1942)
• Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad · 363 U.S. 528 (1960)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. · 318 U.S. 80 (1943)
• Virginian Railway Co. v. United States · 272 U.S. 658 (1927)
• United States v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific R. · 294 U.S. 499 (1935)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. · 332 U.S. 194 (1947)
• Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United States · 371 U.S. 156 (1962)
• United States v. Western Pacific Railroad · 352 U.S. 59 (1956)
• Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 313 U.S. 177 (1941)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Wyman-Gordon Co. · 394 U.S. 759 (1969)
• Rochester Telephone Corp. v. United States · 307 U.S. 125 (1939)
• Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co. · 259 U.S. 285 (1922)
• Oestereich v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 11 · 393 U.S. 233 (1968)
• Arizona Grocery Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 284 U.S. 370 (1932)
• United States v. Morgan · 307 U.S. 183 (1939)
• United States v. Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp. · 406 U.S. 742 (1972)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 380 U.S. 438 (1965)
• Mitchell Coal & Coke Co. v. Pennsylvania Railroad · 230 U.S. 247 (1913)
• Board of Trade of Kansas City v. United States · 314 U.S. 534 (1942)
• Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway Co. v. United States · 281 U.S. 479 (1930)
• Inland Steel Co. v. United States · 306 U.S. 153 (1939)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. · 556 U.S. 502 (2009)
• Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. · 463 U.S. 29 (1983)
• Aberdeen & Rockfish R. Co. v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP) · 422 U.S. 289 (1975)
• Thomas Jefferson University v. Shalala · 512 U.S. 504 (1994)
• Heckler v. Community Health Services of Crawford County, Inc. · 467 U.S. 51 (1984)
• Black v. Romano · 471 U.S. 606 (1985)
• Pittston Coal Group v. Sebben · 488 U.S. 105 (1988)

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