Brooks-Scanlon Co. v. Railroad Comm'n of La.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OP LOUISIANA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a suit by the Brooks-Scanlon Company, a Minnesota corporation organized to manufacture and deal in lumber and to carry on other incidental business, against the Railroad Commission of Louisiana. It seeks to set aside an order (Number 2228) of the Commission requiring the plaintiff either directly or through arrangements made with the Kentwood and Eastern Railway Company, to operate its narrow gauge railroad between Kentwood and Hackley, in Louisiana, upon schedules and days to be approved by the Commission. The plaintiff alleges that the order cannot be complied with except at a loss…
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