Louisiana & Pine Bluff Railway Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. Appeal from a decree of the District Court dismissing the bill in a suit to set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission. /
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of :the court.
The Louisiana & Pine Bluff Railway Company, a common carrier owned by the Union Sawmill Company, serves it by means of a tap line which connects its mill at Huttig, Arkansas, with the Missouri Pacific Railway at Dollar Junction. The trunk line and the tap line joined in establishing through routes and joint rates from the mill to points on the trunk line and beyond. The division or allowance given to the tap line out of the joint rates was large. It was held by the Interstate Commerce Commission to amount to a rebate to the Union Sawmill…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Manufacturers Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Spiller v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Tap Line CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- O'KEEFE v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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