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PHILA. & READING RY. v. UNITED STATES

No. 440.

240 U.S. 334 (1916)

PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, AND ALLENTOWN PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 28, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry S. Drinker, Jr., for appellant.

Mr. Charles W. Needham for the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Mr. William A. Glasgow, Jr., for respondent Allentown Cement Company.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Underwood and Mr. Blackburn Esterline, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, for the United States submitted:

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

This appeal brings up a final decree of the United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, which dismissed the railway's original bill presented to secure annulment of an order by the Interstate Commerce Commission commanding it and other carriers to desist from subjecting Jersey City to undue prejudice and disadvantage in respect of rates on Portland...

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