Kansas v. Burleson

Mr. Cheep Justice White

delivered the opinion of the court.

The State of Kansas, invoking the original jurisdiction of this court, filed its bill to enjoin the Postmaster General from enforcing and the defendant corporation from giving effect to a schedule of telephone rates which the Postmaster General had established and which he had directed should be applied for telephone services rendered on lines which were in the control and possession of the United States and were being'operated as governmental agencies in virtue of the resolution of Congress and the proclamation of the President…