Legal Opinion
Morgan v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 25, 1938No. 581PublishedCited by 791 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
This case presents the question of the validity of an order of the Secretary of Agriculture fixing maximum rates to be charged by market agencies at the Kansas City Stock Yards. Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, 42 Stat. 159; 7 U. S. C. 181-229. The District Court of three judges dismissed the bills of complaint in fifty suits (consolidated for hearing) challenging the validity of the rates, and the plaintiffs bring this direct appeal. 7 U. S. C. 217; 28 U. S. C. 47.
The case comes here for the second time. On the former appeal we met, at the threshold of the controversy, the contention that…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Morgan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- St. Joseph Stock Yards Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Tagg Bros. & Moorhead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Railroad Commission v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by791 opinions
- Boddie v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Jenkins v. McKeithenSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Greene v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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