Thompson Lumber Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
Commerce Court
Petition by the Thompson Lumber Company and others against the Interstate Commerce Commission, in which the United States and the Illinois Central Railroad Company intervened.
1Opinion of the Court
ARCH BAUD, Judge.
This case does not differ in principle from that of Russe & Burgess, 193 Fed. 678, just decided. Indeed, the two are linked together by the Commission, the decision in the one on the subject oí laches being given as a reason for the decision in the other.
The rate complained of before the Commission was that on hardwood lumber from Memphis to New Orleans for export. The rate charged was 12 cents a hundred pounds, and complaint was made against the Illinois Central Railroad, the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad, and the St. Tonis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad; these…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Treadwell v. WhittierCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
- Wood v. . ChapinNew York Court of Appeals · 1856
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- Stearns v. . FieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Graves v. ColwellIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
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