AMERICAN EXPRESS CO. v. CALDWELL

No. 902.

244 U.S. 617 (1917)

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY ET AL. v. STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA EX REL. CALDWELL, AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 11, 1917.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.O. Bailey and Mr. Branch P. Kerfoot, with whom Mr. T.B. Harrison, Mr. J.H. Voorhees and Mr. C.W. Stockton were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Oliver E. Sweet, with whom Mr. Clarence C. Caldwell, Attorney General of the State of South Dakota, Mr. P.W. Dougherty and Mr. Byron S. Payne were on the brief, for defendants in error.

Mr. Joseph W. Folk and Mr. Charles W. Needham, by leave of court, filed a brief as amici curiae on behalf of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Mr. John Barton Payne, Mr. R.B. Scott and Mr. A.P. Humburg, by leave of court, filed a brief as amici curia on behalf of the Illinois Central Railroad Co. et al.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

In 1912 the Interstate Commerce Commission entered upon a comprehensive investigation of express rates, practices, accounts and revenues. Its report1 resulted in the establishment, on February 1, 1914, throughout the United States, of the so-called uniform zone and block system of rates in interstate transportation and the prompt adoption...

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