Legal Opinion
United States v. Interstate Commerce Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 18, 1952No. 10879PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This is a controversy between the Government and certain railroads relative to allegedly unlawful charges made by the carriers in connection with export freight handled for the Government during World War II. The litigation has had a lengthy history. It was before the Supreme Court in 1949, and at that time Mr. Justice Black, speaking for the Court, thus described its background:
“During the war, existing tariffs of many railroads embodied wharfage charges to compensate the railroads for moving goods from railroad cars to piers and from piers to railroad cars. When…
2Cases cited50 opinions
- Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Rochester Telephone Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Consolo v. Federal Maritime CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Penn Central Company v. General Mills, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- National Van Lines, Inc. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966
- Hughes Transp., Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1954
- A. E. West Petroleum Co. v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954
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