PRODUCERS TRANSP. CO. v. R.R. COMM.

No. 219.

251 U.S. 228 (1920)

PRODUCERS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1920.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.V. Andrews, with whom Mr. Thomas O. Toland, Mr. Lewis W. Andrews and Mr. Paul M. Gregg were on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Douglas Brookman for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

We here are concerned with a statute of California and an order made thereunder by the state railroad commission, both of which are said to be repugnant to the Constitution of the United States, and therefore invalid.

The statute declares that every private corporation or individual operating "any pipe line or any part of any pipe line. . . for the transportation of crude oil . . ., directly or indirectly...

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