Legal Opinion
Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Spokane, P. & S. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 18, 1948No. 11864PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.
The decisive question left with the District Court after pre-trial and through stipulation of the parties was: Which, if either, of two railway freight rates itemized in the freight tariff schedules filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission was proper to be charged the government (plaintiff) on carloads of alcohol owned and shipped by it from certain points in Louisiana to certain points in the states of Oregon and Washington.*971 The court decided, in agreement with the carrier’s claim, that “Item No. 1497 (sec. 2) Alcohol N.O.S. in tank cars” bearing the rate of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. International Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. American Tie & Timber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Crancer v. LowdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- American Ry. Express Co. v. Price Bros.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1931
- Macon, D. & S. R. v. General Reduction Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1930
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. United States (Three Cases)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954
- Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Foust Distilling Co.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1949
- Draper & Co. v. Commodity Credit Corp.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1953
- Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. United States (Three Cases)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954