OREGON & CAL. R.R. v. UNITED STATES

No. 679.

238 U.S. 393 (1915)

OREGON & CALIFORNIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 21, 1915.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. P.F. Dunne, with whom Mr. Wm. F. Herrin, Mr. Wm. D. Fenton, Mr. Frank C. Cleary and Mr. Joseph H. Call were on the brief, for appellant railroads.

Mr. John C. Spooner, with whom Mr. John M. Gearin was on the brief, for appellant, Union Trust Company.

Mr. John Mills Day, with whom Mr. M.E. Brewer, Mr. Charles E. Shepard and Mr. Lewis C. Garrigus were on the brief, for interveners.

Mr. A.W. Lafferty for cross complainant.

Mr. Constantine J. Smyth, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Davis and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Knaebel were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. George M. Brown, Attorney General of the State of Oregon, filed a brief as amicus curiae.1


After stating the case as above, MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

A direct and simple description of the case would seem to be that it presents for judgment a few provisions in two acts of Congress which neither of themselves nor from the context demand much effort of interpretation or construction. But the case has never been considered as having that simple directness. A bill which occupies 78 pages of the record (exclusive of exhibits), the...

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