L. T. Barringer & Co. v. United States

This is a suit by appellant, a shipper of cotton over the lines of appellee railroads, brought under 28 U. S. C. § 41 (28), to enjoin and set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The District Court of three judges dismissed the complaint, and the case comes here on direct appeal pursuant to 28 U. S. C. § 47. The question is whether the Commission erred in refusing to set *3aside tariffs on cotton, filed by the five appellee railroads, as unjustly discriminatory and unduly prejudicial to shippers in violation of §§ 2 and 3 (1) of the Interstate Commerce Act, 24 Stat. 379, 380;…