obligation to ensure that all rates would be reasonable and just. Therefore, they argued, the only reasonable interpretation of the statute was that Congress intended them to exercise the power to set rates. The Court rejected this argument, holding that the powers granted by the terms of the statute were solely executive and administrative, but not legislative. As such, without an explicit grant of the power to set rates by Congress, the ICC was not permitted to set rates for rail transport. References External links 1897 in United States case law United States Supreme Court cases United States Supreme Court cases of the Fuller Court United States administrative case law v. Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Co. Railway litigation in 1897 Predecessors of the Southern Railway (U.S.)