Meeker & Co. v. Lehigh Valley RR
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the construction of §§ 1 and 2 of the Act to Regulate Commerce and questions of discrimination by the carrier against shippers of coal over its line, are stated in the opinion. Plaintiff has failed to prove by competent evidence that the railroad violated the Commerce Act. Plaintiff relied for his proof, upon the reports and orders of the Commission.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the construction of §§ 1 and 2 of the Act to Regulate Commerce and questions of discrimination by the carrier against shippers of coal over its line, are stated in the opinion. Plaintiff has failed to prove by competent evidence that the railroad violated the Commerce Act. Plaintiff relied for his proof, upon the reports and orders of the Commission. These do not prove that Meeker and Company were discriminated against; and do not prove that unlawful rates were charged. Plaintiff has failed to prove by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This was an action under § 16 of the Act to Regulate Commerce 1 to recover from the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company damages alleged to have been sustained by a shipper and awarded by the Interstate Commerce Commission by reason of the company’s violation of the prohibition in §§ 1 and 2 of that act against unreasonable rates and unjust discrimination. The plaintiff prevailed in the District Court, but the Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the judgment, 211 Fed. Rep. 785, and a writ of certiorari granted under § 262 of the Judicial Code brings the case here. 234 U. S. 749.
The plaintiff was the…
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