COURT REVIEW OF THE ORDERS OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION 1 When the Hepburn Rate Bill, amending the Act to Regulate Commerce, was under discussion in the Senate of the United States, during the spring of i9o6, the storm center of debate was around the jurisdiction of the courts over the orders of the Commission. After several months of discussion a compromise was reached by the adoption of the following language: The venue of suits brought in any of the Circuit Courts of the United States against the Commission to enjoin, set aside, annul, or suspend any order or requirement of the Commission, shall be in the district where the carrier against whom such order or requirement may have been made has its principal operating office,-and may be brought at any time after such order is promulgated. And if the order or requirement has been made against two or more carriers, then in the district where any one of said carriers has its principal operating office, and if the carrier has its principal operating office in the District of Columbia, then the venue shall be in the district where said carrier has its principal office; and jurisdiction to hear and determine such suits is hereby vested in such courts. One party had favored a "broad review," the other a "limited review." Both claimed the victory. This subject is now before the Supreme Court of the United States for decision. It is one of great practical importance; indeed, in the opinion of many, upon its determination depends the efficiency of the present act as a measure of rate regulation. 2 This article was prepared before the decisions of the Supreme Court in Wilcox v. Consolidated Gas Co. of New York, alid City of Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co., had been announced, January 4, 19o9. Those cases fully support the conclusions reached.-ED.
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