Legal Opinion
New England Divisions Case
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 19, 1923No. 646PublishedCited by 285 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Transportation Act, 1920, c. 91, § 418, 41 Stat. 456, 486, amending Interstate Commerce Act, § 15(6), authorizes the Commission, upon complaint or upon its own initiative, to prescribe, after full hearing, the divisions of joint rates among carriers parties to the rate. In determining the divisions, the Commission is directed to give due consideration, among other things, to the importance to the public of the transportation service rendered by the several carriers; to their revenues, taxes, and operating expenses; to the efficiency with…
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