Wilmington Transportation Co. v. Railroad Commission of California
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. The facts, which involve the power of the State Railroad Commission of California to regulate rates of transportation between intrastate points where part of the transportation is on the high seas, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
The Wilmington Transportation Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of California, is engaged as a common carrier of passengers and goods by sea, between San Pedro, on the mainland, and Avalon, on Santa Catalina Island, both places being within .the County of Los Angeles in that State. Merchants at Avalon, insisting .that the rates charged for this transportation were unreasonable, presented their complaint to the Railroad Commission of the State of California and asked that reasonable rates be fixed under the Public Utilities Act of 1911. Stats. (Cal.) 1911, Ex. Sess.,…
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