Mr. Sprout, Inc. v. United States

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the shipment of potatoes by rail into the New' York City metropolitan area. A group of shippers blame the railroad for the fact that an appreciable amount of this product is received in unsaleable condition. Because potatoes are plentiful and a relatively inexpensive vegetable, a good many consumers have a decided attachment to them so that the demand for this produce is large. Not only are potatoes good to put in the mouth to eat, but the word “potatoes” itself is also, so Dickens tells us, like papa, prunes and prism — a “very good word[ ] for…