North Carolina Utilities Commission v. United States

BUTLER, District Judge;

This action was brought1 to enjoin and set aside a report and order 2 of the defendant, Interstate Commerce Commission (hereafter I.C.C.), adjudging that certain shipments by truck of iron and steel products from the port of Wilmington, North Carolina, to certain inland cities of North Carolina, were foreign in character, and prohibiting future shipments of said commodities at rates other than those on file with the I.C.C. A three-judge court was convened, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C.A. § 2284, to hear and determine the proceedings herein.3

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