Legal Opinion
United States v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 7, 1932No. 96PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cardozo
The petitioner, the United States of America, has sued to recover a payment made to the respondent, the Great Northern Railway Company, by force of a certificate of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the government asserting that the payment was excessive and that the certificate permitting it was the product of mistake. A judgment of the District Court in favor of the respondent was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. 57 F. (2d) 385. The case is here on certiorari.
The respondent was a railroad under federal control when control was relinquished by the government…
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