Legal Opinion
Thermoid Western Co. v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Decided September 19, 1961No. 9324PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CROCKETT, Justice.
Plaintiff shippers sued defendant railroads to recover alleged overcharges in freight rates. From a rejection of their claims plaintiffs appeal.
The freight charges in question represent a 15% increase in intrastate freight rates in Utah collected by the railroads during 1956, 1957 and 1958 in accordance with an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission which had been made after the Utah Public Service Commission had denied an application for such increase. For brevity we refer to those commissions as I. C. C. and Utah P. S. C.
In 1951 the major railroads of the United…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Palmer v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Illinois Central Railroad v. State Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
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3Cited by8 opinions
- City of Los Angeles v. Public Utilities CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- State v. TedescoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- Committee of Consumer Services v. Public Service CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1981
- Cilley v. LamphereSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- City of Los Angeles v. Public Utilities CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
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