Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United States Ex Rel. Pitcairn Coal Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF AP- . PEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. The facts are. stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
To decide the merits of this cause will require us to determine the legality of the regulations of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, by which that company distributed cars to coal mines along the line of its road in case of car shortage. As an incident to this general question we would further be required to consider the relations, irrespective of its mere attributes and duties as a common carrier, of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with various coal mines along the line of its road and the relation with or control over some, if not all, of these coal mines by other mines or mine…
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