Legal Opinion
Alexander Sprunt & Son, Inc. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 14, 1930No. 19PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brandeis
The Interstate Commerce Commission entered, on April 4, 1927, an order directed to the railroads operating in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana, which required them to remove, in a manner prescribed, undue prejudice and preference caused by their rates on cotton shipped from interior points to Houston and other ports on the Gulf of Mexico. Application of Rates on Cotton to Gulf Ports, 100 I. C. C. 159; 123 I. C. C. 685. Two suits, under the Act of June 18, 1910, c. 309, 36 Stat. 539, as amended by Urgent Deficiencies Act of October 22, 1913, c. 32, 38 Stat. 208, 220, were promptly…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- The Chicago Junction CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Skinner & Eddy Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- United States v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
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3Cited by89 opinions
- United States v. Munsingwear, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Scanwell Laboratories, Inc. v. John H. Shaffer, Administrator (Acting) of the Federal Aviation AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Fishgold v. Sullivan Drydock & Repair Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Estado Libre Asociado v. AguayoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1958
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