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

APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

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. 682 affirmed.

The case is stated in the opinion.