Legal Opinion
Koppers Company, Inc. v. United States
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 24, 1958No. Civ. 16395PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOURLEY, Chief Judge.
The statutory court has for determination the legality of varying proportional railroad rates which poses the question —Do proportional railroad rates violate the provisions of Sections 2 and 3(1) of the Interstate Commerce Act where the rail rates for transporting like commodities between identical points vary depending upon the ultimate destinations ? 1
The Interstate Commerce Commission answered in the negative and after full and complete hearing sustained the rates. The statutory court agrees.
The proceeding is filed under Sections 1336, 1398, 2321, 2322 and 2323 of the…
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