Legal Opinion
Boone v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 16, 1940No. 8245PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, A. M. Boone, was indicted, convicted and fined $7,500 upon six counts in each of which it was alleged that he did “knowingly and wilfully solicit, accept and receive” from the Illinois Central Railroad Company, a common carrier, “a rebate” in a sum stated “in respect to the transportation” of property in interstate commerce “whereby such property was transported * * * at a rate and charge less” by the sum so stated “than the rate * * * named in the schedules and tariffs * * * published and filed and posted” in violation of 49 U.S.C.A. § 41 (34 Stat. 587).
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. International Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. FinkSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- United States v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by21 opinions
- United States v. Dye Construction Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
- Riss & Company, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1958
- Arkansas Oak Flooring Co. v. Louisiana & Arkansas Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
- Trans Ocean Van Service v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1970
- Miller v. Ideal Cement Co.District Court, D. Wyoming · 1963
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