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BOARD OF TRADE v. CHRISTIE GRAIN & STOCK CO.

Nos. 224, 280.

198 U.S. 236 (1905)

BOARD OF TRADE OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO v. CHRISTIE GRAIN AND STOCK COMPANY. L.A. KINSEY COMPANY v. BOARD OF TRADE OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 8, 1905.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry S. Robbins for petitioner in No. 224 and respondent in No. 280.

Mr. James H. Harkless and Mr. W.H. Rossington, with whom Mr. Chester H. Krum, Mr. Charles S. Crysler, Mr. Clifford Histed, Mr. Charles Blood Smith and Mr. J.S. West were on the brief, for respondent in No. 244.

Mr. Lloyd Charles Whitman and Mr. E.D. Crumpacker, with whom Mr. Jacob J. Kern, Mr. John A. Brown and Mr. Peter Crumpacker were on the brief, for the petitioner in No. 280.

Mr. Julien T. Davies, Mr. Abram I. Elkus and Mr. Garrard Glenn by leave of the court, submitted a brief in behalf of Edwin Hawley and Frank H. Ray, solely on the nature of a wagering contract.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

These are two bills in equity brought by the Chicago Board of Trade to enjoin the principal defendants from using and distributing the continuous quotations of prices on sales of grain and provisions for future delivery, which are collected by the plaintiff and which cannot be obtained by the defendants except through a known breach of the confidential terms on which...

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