federal control
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United States Supreme Court
in this connection, the period from December 28, 1917, to March 1, 1920, during which the possession, use, control, and operation of railroads and systems of transportation were taken over or assumed by the President.
Defined by the Supreme Court in Butte Ry Co v. United States, 290 U.S. 127 (1933).