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ADAMS EXPRESS CO. v. NEW YORK

Nos. 83, 84.

232 U.S. 14 (1914)

BARRETT, PRESIDENT OF ADAMS EXPRESS CO., v. CITY OF NEW YORK. CITY OF NEW YORK v. BARRETT, PRESIDENT OF ADAMS EXPRESS CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1914.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William D. Guthrie for Adams Express Company.

Mr. Walker D. Hines for the United States Express Company in Nos. 85 and 86, argued simultaneously herewith:1

Mr. Terence Farley, with whom Mr. Archibald R. Watson was on the brief, for the City of New York, in these cases and in Nos. 85 and 86, argued simultaneously herewith:1

MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought to restrain the enforcement against the Adams Express Company of a group of ordinances of the Board of Aldermen of the City of New York upon the ground that, as applied to that Company, these ordinances constitute an unconstitutional interference with interstate commerce and deny to it the equal protection of the laws. The ordinances are contained...

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