Legal Opinion

American Lime & Stone Co. v. Public Service Commission

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 13, 1930No. Appeals 16 and 17PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

Tyrone Lime & Stone Co., one of appellants, filed a complaint with the Public Service Commission, alleging that the freight rates charged them by the respondents for the transportation of sand, gravel and crushed stone from complainant’s plants to destinations within the Commonwealth were not on a uniform basis, disregarded essential transportation characteristics, were higher than the rates charged on such commodities from other competitive shipping points to the same destinations, and were, therefore, unjust and unreasonable and in violation of section I (b), Article…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. United States v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  2. Interstate Commerce Commission v. DiffenbaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  3. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. StateSupreme Court of the United States · 1923

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. United States Steel Corp. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. Pittsburgh v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  3. Pittsburgh v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  4. Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co. v. Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  5. Brown v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943

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