Legal Opinion
Southern Pacific Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 29, 1939No. 613Published
1Opinion of the Court 1
307 U.S. 393 (1939)
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.
v.
UNITED STATES.
No. 613.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued March 29, 1939.
Decided May 29, 1939.
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CLAIMS.
Mr. James R. Bell for petitioner.
Assistant Attorney General Whitaker, with whom Solicitor General Jackson, and Messrs. Paul A. Sweeney, Warner W. Gardner, and Aaron B. Holman were on the brief, for the United States.
2Opinion of the Court · ReedJustice Reed
This case involves the right of the Government to deduct from the public terminal-to-terminal tariffs of a railroad over a route, partly of land-grant aided mileage, identical with part of the mileage of another…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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