WILMINGTON TRANSP. CO. v. CAL. R.R. COMM.

No. 369.

236 U.S. 151 (1915)

WILMINGTON TRANSPORTATION COMPANY v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 1, 1915.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward E. Bacon, with whom Mr. James A. Gibson was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Max Thelen, with whom Mr. Douglas Brookman and Mr. Allan P. Matthew were on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

The Wilmington Transportation Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of California, is engaged as a common carrier of passengers and goods by sea, between San Pedro, on the mainland, and Avalon, on Santa Catalina Island, both places being within the County of Los Angeles in that State. Merchants at Avalon, insisting that the rates charged for this transportation were unreasonable, presented...

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