United States v. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company

This is the case involving the question as to whether the domestic rate or the export rate should be applied on shipments of automobile parts to Newport News, Va. and intended for export to China via Rangoon, Burma, where the intended exportation was precluded by the fall of Puangoon. We held the domestic rate applicable and affirmed a decision by the District Court in favor of the carrier. United States v. Chesapeake & Ohio R. Co., 4 Cir., 224 F.2d 443. The Supreme Court granted certiorari, 350 U.S. 953, 76 S.Ct. 343, 100 L.Ed. 830, reversed our judgment and remanded the case to us for…