Legal Opinion
Powell v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1940No. 4597PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, in their capacity as receivers of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, were indicted in the court below, along with the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company and the receivers of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company, for violation of section 1 of the Elkins Act, 49 U.S.C.A. § 41, in failing to observe their published tariffs in connection with a shipment of scrap iron for export from Golds-boro, N. C. to Wilmington, N. C. The other defendants entered pleas of nolo conten-dere and were fined $1,000 each. Appellants waived jury trial, and, upon being…
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