Show RAILROAD REBATE CASE court decides it has no jurisdiction in the matter kansas city mo doc 4 judg johanon phillips la the united states district court or the western district of missouri today delivered an opinion holding that his court was without jurisdiction in he cases brought her by the federal government charging the missouri pacific the atchason topeka santa y and other railway with giving rebates on shipments ot salt in kansas and on coal in colorado and other products of the elkins act the motion of th railways to quash the proceedings was granted the concluding part 0 the courts opinion Is as follows however reprehensible the conduct of the defendant railroad company IE it be as alleged in ches transactions may have been 01 however much disposed this court be to compel obedience to its lawful mandates it Is persuaded that it Is without authority in this proceeding the question involved belonging to the jurisdiction of the united states circuit courts for the districts of kansas and colorado thua sai th the law is a perpetual injunction upon he judge anen called upon 0 o exert judicial power which he may not disregard without standing in contempt of his own conscience |