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United States Ex Rel. Attorney General of the United States v. Delaware & Hudson Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 3, 1909No. 559, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570PublishedCited by 582 opinions

BRROR TO -THE CIRCUIT: COURT LpP THE' UNITED. STATES POR C; ;TIÍ®: EASTERN:,-DISTRICTr;.pE.:-PENNSYLVANIA. , ■ ; APPENDS PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP PENNSYLVANIA. ■ The facts which involve the constitutionality, and construe- ■ tion of the commodities- clause, of-the:Hepburn Net, § 1, c. 3591, act of June 29, 1906/ 34' Stat/■584, are stated: in the opinion.1 The question of the reasonableness of a stAthte-is' for- the legislature,…

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BRROR TO -THE CIRCUIT: COURT LpP THE' UNITED. STATES POR C; ;TIÍ®: EASTERN:,-DISTRICTr;.pE.:-PENNSYLVANIA. , ■ ; APPENDS PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP PENNSYLVANIA. ■ The facts which involve the constitutionality, and construe- ■ tion of the commodities- clause, of-the:Hepburn Net, § 1, c. 3591, act of June 29, 1906/ 34' Stat/■584, are stated: in the opinion.1 The question of the reasonableness of a stAthte-is' for- the legislature, but the clause in'question is.a reasdnábíé. exercise of the power of Congress.?' '' f j. If a statute pertains to a…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice White

We dismiss for the present a contention made by one of the corporations that it is not a railroad company within the meaning of that term as used in the statute, which we shall have occasion to consider, because it is merely a coal company whose transporting operations are but incidental to its mining operations. With this contention put aside, it is true to say, speaking in a general sense, that the corporations, parties to this record, by means of railroads owned and operated by them, were engaged in transporting coal from the anthracite coal fields in Pennsylvania to points of market for…

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  5. Conley v. Mathieson Alkali WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1903

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