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· 11/7/1932

New York Central Securities Corporation v. United States

Citations

  • 287 U.S. 12
  • 53 S. Ct. 45
  • 77 L. Ed. 138
  • 1932 U.S. LEXIS 810

How courts have described this case

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

  • upholding delegation to Interstate Commerce Commission to authorize mergers of railroad companies if it finds them “in the public interest”
  • upholding delegation to ICC to authorize the consolidation of carriers where it finds that such consolidation would be in “the public interest”
  • upholding delegation to ICC to authorize the consolidation of carriers where it finds that such consolidation would be in \the public interest\
  • upholding the statutory delegation of authority to the ICC to approve railroad consolidations so long as the mergers are in the “public interest”
  • upholding delegation of authority to Interstate Commerce Commission to approve railroad consolidations that are in the “public interest”
  • upholding the Transportation Act of 1920, which empowered the Interstate Commerce Commission to authorize the acquisition of one railroad by another if it is in the “public interest”

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Judges: Hughes

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