Legal Opinion

Swift & Co. v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 11, 1942No. 595PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jackson

Swift & Company and Omaha Packing Company, its wholly-owned subsidiary, filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint against the common carriers by railroad which served the Chicago Union Stock Yards, operated by the Union Stock Yard & Transit Company.1 They were later joined by Armour & Com*218pany, as intervenor, to constitute the interest referred to herein as the packers. Although Armour sought no relief, it was allowed to intervene because it was at the time litigating in the courts a similar complaint, which was later passed on by this Court in Armour & Co. v. Alton R. Co., 312…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
  2. Covington Stock-Yards Co. v. KeithSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  3. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  4. Adams v. MillsSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  5. Los Angeles Switching CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1914

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Denver Union Stock Yard Co. v. Producers Livestock Marketing Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  2. Local 833, UAW-AFL-CIO, International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
  3. Mccleneghan v. Union Stock Yards Co. Of OmahaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
  4. Las Vegas Hacienda, Inc. And Henry F. Price v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
  5. Swift & Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952

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