Legal Opinion
Alabama v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 8, 1929No. 166PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
This suit was brought by appellants to set aside an order. of the Interstate Commerce Commission establishing intrastate rates on fertilizers and fertilizing material in Alabama; and. to enjoin numerous railroad companies from making such rates effective. The ground, of the Com-mission’s order was that the maintenance of' such-intrastate rates on a lower basis than those found reasonable would result in unjiist discrimination against, and undue prejudice to persons and localities in, interstate commerce.
The order of the'Commission is within its general powers, Houston & Texas Ry. v. United…
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