Louis Brandeis

“ The mere fact that a railroad lies wholly within one state, and is to be built by an independent corporation, does not, of course, prevent the application of paragraphs 18 to 22. If it undertakes to engage in interstate commerce, its operation becomes immediately a matter of national concern and it comes within the purview of those paragraphs. [1] But Congress did not in terms prohibit wholly intrastate carriers from building lines to be used wholly in intrastate commerce. As long as the Northside Company confines its operations to intrastate commerce, it will not violate the federal law. ”

“ On that ground, the trial court denied the injunction and ordered the bill dismissed without prejudice to the right of the plaintiff 'to hereafter apply for an injunction against the respondent if its activities in the future shall bring it properly within the purview' of those paragraphs. ”

“ Application of Detroit & Ironton R. R. Co., 67 I. C. C. 600; Application of Flint Belt R. Co., 70 I. C. C. 292; Application of New Holland, Higginsport & Mount Vernon R. Co., 71 I. C. C. 119; Application of Kansas & Oklahoma Southern R. Co., 71 I. C. C. 130, 90 I. C. C. 349, 553; Application of Mingo Valley R. Co., 71 I. C. C. 139, 82 I. C. C. 797; Application of Osage Ry. Co., 71 I. C. C. 160; Application of National Line R. Co., 71 I. C. C. 556; Application of Shreveport & Northeastern R. Co., 71 I. C. C. 586; Construction of Line by Eastern Maine, 72 I. C. C. 39 ”