Supreme Court limits railroad right of way value in Interstate case
The court rejects inflated valuations claiming market and right of way continuity support high awards. It reaffirms federal supremacy over interstate rates while upholding state power to set intra state rates. Cautions against treating railroad property as cost of reproduction and stresses fair market value as the basis for compensation.
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Supreme Court upholds state power on railroad rates
Attorney General McReynolds summarizes the U S Supreme Court Minnesota state rate decision. The court says Congress did not strip states of power to fix maximum intra state rates. Burden of proving confiscation rests on the railroad challenging a rate. Minneapolis & St. Louis showed confiscatory rates. Northern Pacific and Great Northern failed to prove confiscation.
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