Legal Opinion
Palmer v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 20, 1947No. Civ. 3816-47PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.
This is a civil action brought by certain railroads to enjoin and set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission entered on July 25, 1947, in a proceeding captioned “Increased Per Diem Charge on Freight Cars”. The Secretary of Agriculture, the Director of the Office of Defense Transportation (whom we shall call simply the Director), the National Agricultural Cooperative Transportation Committee, and certain railroads, some as plaintiffs and some as defendants, have intervened.
On August 29, 1946, the Director wrote the Commission concerning shortages in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Nebbia v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. AdkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. Rock Royal Co-Operative, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- D. A. Schulte, Inc. v. GangiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Central Stock Yards Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Long Island Railroad Company v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1970
- Union Pacific Railroad Company v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1969
- Boston & Maine Railroad v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1958
- Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1971
- CHICAGO, M., ST. P. & PR CO. v. McCree & Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1950
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