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Dixie Carriers, Inc. v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 23, 1956No. 233PublishedCited by 94 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas

Sulphur mined near Galveston, Texas, can be shipped to Danville, Illinois, either by rail or by barge and rail. If the sulphur goes by barge and rail, it is transported up the Mississippi via New Orleans to East St. Louis and then by rail to Danville. The total charge for that movement is $9.77 per ton. The total of the various local rates for all-rail shipments from the mines to Danville is $11.68. But the railroads have established a joint all-rail rate 2 of $9,184 which is lower than both the combination all-rail rate and the combination rail-barge rate.

Appellants, who are water carriers,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. McLean Trucking Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. New York v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. Interstate Commerce Commission v. MechlingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  4. United States v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
  5. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. United States & Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1917

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3Cited by94 opinions

  1. Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. State v. PirtleWashington Supreme Court · 1995
  3. State v. HoffmanWashington Supreme Court · 1991
  4. Campbell v. WoodCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
  5. Kinnamon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990

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