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Sun-Maid Raisin Growers Ass'n v. United States
District Court, N.D. California
Decided July 3, 1940No. 21459 SPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR, Circuit Judge.
The Raisin Growers initiated a proceeding before the Maritime Commission charging numerous steamship companies- engaged in foreign trade with an “unjust and unreasonable practice” in violation of § 17 of the Shipping Act, 39 Stat. 734, 46 U.S.C.A. § 816.1 The practice alleged to violate § 17, supra, related to the fixing of a separate handling charge for the handling of freight after delivery on the dock from the point of delivery to the ship’s tackle. For this service a “handling charge” of 40 cents per ton was made. It is not contended that this rate is excessive. On…
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