INTERSTATE COM. COMM. v. SO. PAC. CO.

No. 98.

234 U.S. 315 (1914)

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 8, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Blackburn Esterline, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom The Solicitor General was on the brief, for the United States.1

Mr. P.J. Farrell for the Interstate Commerce Commission.1

Mr. Fred H. Wood and Mr. Gardiner Lathrop, with whom Mr. Robert Dunlap, Mr. T.J. Norton, Mr. C.W. Durbrow, Mr. W.F. Herrin and Mr. J.P. Blair were on the brief, for appellees.1


MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

The Pacific Coast Jobbers' and Manufacturers' Association complained before the Interstate Commerce Commission of a switching charge of $2.50 per car maintained by the respondents for delivering and receiving carload freight to and from industries located upon spurs and side-tracks within the carriers' switching limits in San Francisco.

The Commission, finding...

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