Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad v. Iowa

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that railroads are “engaged in a public employment affecting the public interest, and, under [Munn v. Illinois, are] subject to legislative control as to their rates of fare and freight, unless protected by their charters”
• stating that railroad companies are “given ex- traordinary powers, in order that they may the better serve the public” and are “engaged in a public employment affect- ing the public interest”
• stating that railroad companies are “given ex- traordinary powers, in order that they may the better serve the public” and are “engaged in a public employment affect- ing the public interest”
• stating that railroad companies are “given ex- traordinary powers, in order that they may the better serve the public” and are “engaged in a public employment affect- ing the public interest”
• stating that railroad companies are “given ex- traordinary powers, in order that they may the better serve the public” and are “engaged in a public employment affect- ing the public interest”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).