Legal Opinion
Capital Compressed Steel Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific R. Co. Capital Compressed Steel Co. v. St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 29, 1950No. 4058-4059_1PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
' PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.
This appeal involves the construction of an application of Freight Tariff 414-A, commonly known as the Kipp Tariff, set forth in subjoined note l. 1 The tariff cov ers “iron or steel articles, in their original form or partly dismantled, * * * having no recognized commercial use or value except for the recovery of the ferrous-metal content thereof.”
On December 6, 1946, the War Assets Administration at New Orleans, Louisiana, issued a special offering of certain surplus government property. The Capital Compressed Steel Company 2 tendered a bid for certain heavy wire…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. United States ex rel. Sonken-Galamba Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1938
- Sonken-Galamba Corp. v. Union Pac. R.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
- Burrus Mill & Elevator Co. of Oklahoma v. Chicago, R. I. & P. R.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1942
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- Northern Pacific Railway Company v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1966
- United States v. LevitonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
- United States v. LevitonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951