United States v. Western Pacific Railroad

On a writ of certiorari (350 U. S. 953) to review a judgment of the United States Court of Claims in a suit involving higher railroad charges for the transportation of incendiary bombs to which the fuse and burster charge had not been attached; the Court of Claims holding that plaintiffs were entitled to recover.

The judgment of the Court of Claims was reversed by the Supreme Court on December 3, 1956, in an opinion by Mr. Justice Harlan and the case was remanded to the Court of Claims for further proceedings.

The syllabus of the Supreme Court opinion is as follows:

The three respondent…