KANSAS v. BURLESON

No. 31, Original.

250 U.S. 188 (1919)

STATE OF KANSAS v. BURLESON, POSTMASTER GENERAL, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 2, 1919.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Fred S. Jackson, with whom Mr. Richard J. Hopkins, Attorney General of the State of Kansas, and Mr. A.E. Helm were on the brief, for plaintiff:

The Solicitor General, with whom Mr. David A. Frank was on the brief, for defendants.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The State of Kansas, invoking the original jurisdiction of this court, filed its bill to enjoin the Postmaster General from enforcing and the defendant corporation from giving effect to a schedule of telephone rates which the Postmaster General had established and which he had directed should be applied for telephone services rendered on lines which were in the control...

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