Legal Opinion
Thompson v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 2, 1952No. 513PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Vinson
The sole question before the Court in this case concerns the content of the term “through route” as used in the Interstate Commerce Act.
The question arises out of a controversy as to the shipment of grain to market from points in Kansas on the Central Branch of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. From Lenora, Kansas, a typical origin point, grain may be shipped eastward to the Kansas City market over Mis souri Pacific lines via Atchison, Kansas, at a rate of 19 cents per hundred pounds. The Missouri Pacific also provides service from Lenora to Omaha, Nebraska, via Atchison, at the rate of 25.5…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Virginian Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- United States v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- United States v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. United States & Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Interstate Commece Commission v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
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3Cited by43 opinions
- United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, and v. The Greyhound Corporation and Greyhound Lines, Inc., AndCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Seatrain Lines, Inc. v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Southern Pacific Communications Co. v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1983
- United States v. Greyhound CorporationDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1973
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