United States v. Phillips Petroleum Co.

BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

The United States of America has filed a petition against the defendants, corporations of the State of Delaware, alleging that in the guise of dividends paid by the Pipe Line Company to the Petroleum Company, and more recently by the Petroleum Company operating the Pipe Line Company as a department or division, the Petroleum Company has received rebates in violation of 49 U.S.C.A. §§ 2, 6(7), and 49 U.S.C.A. § 41(1), Section 1 of the Elkins Act. The United States pursuant to the provisions of 49 U.S.C.A. § 43, Section 3 of the Elkins Act, seeks a permanent injunction to…