Legal Opinion

Mitchell Coal & Coke Co. v. Pennsylvania R.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided December 26, 1911No. 35 (1,542)Published

In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Suit by the Mitchell Coal & Coke Company against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. From an order of dismissal (183 Fed. 908) for want of jurisdiction, plaintiff brings error. On motion to dismiss.

1Opinion of the Court

GRAY, Circuit Jud£e.

This was an action in the court below,' brought by the Mitchell Coal & Coke Company against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the appellee, to recover damages for violation of the provisions of the interstate commerce act, in that a special rebate was allowed to certain of plaintiff’s competitors in their shipments of coal and coke over defendant’s road, which special rebate was not allowed to the plaintiff in its shipments of coal and coke, made over the lines of defendant to some interstate markets under *476similar circumstances and conditions. After being upon the trial…

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  2. Louisville Trust Co. v. KnottSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  3. The Ira M. HedgesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  4. Schweer v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
  5. Fore River Shipbuilding Co. v. HaggSupreme Court of the United States · 1911

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