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Morgan v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 25, 1936No. 686PublishedCited by 672 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes

These are fifty suits, consolidated for the purpose off trial, to restrain the enforcement of an order of the Secretary of Agriculture, fixing the maximum rates to be charged by market agencies for buying and selling livestock at the Kansas City Stock Yards. Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, 42 Stat. 159, 7 U. S. C. 181-229.

The proceeding was instituted by an order of the Secretary of Agriculture in April, 1930, directing an inquiry into the reasonableness of existing rates. Testimony was taken and an order prescribing- rates followed in May, 1932. An application for rehearing, in view of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. Florida v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. The Chicago Junction CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  4. United States & Interstate Commerce Commission v. Abilene & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
  5. Tagg Bros. & Moorhead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930

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3Cited by672 opinions

  1. United States v. RaddatzSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. United States v. HaymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  3. United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  4. Morgan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  5. National Labor Relations Board v. MacKay Radio & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938

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