Legal Opinion
Illinois Cent. R. v. United States
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided June 14, 1933No. 1012PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Findings of Fact.
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
1. Plaintiffs herein are common carriers by railroad subject to the Interstate Commerce Act [49 USCA § 1 et seq.], and engage in the transportation of cotton from points of origin in the state of Arkansas and from Memphis, Tenn., to destinations in the states of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
2. On August 29,1932, plaintiffs and other railroad carriers, because of severe competition from unregulated truck and water carriers, established carload rates upon cotton from points of origin in the state of…
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