I.C.C. v. WASTE MERCHANTS ASSN.

No. 245.

260 U.S. 32 (1922)

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. UNITED STATES EX REL. MEMBERS OF THE WASTE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 23, 1922.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. P.J. Farrell for the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Mr. P.H. Marshall, with whom Mr. Ernie Adamson was on the brief, for defendants in error.

Mr. Richard W. Barrett, by leave of court, filed a brief as amicus curiae.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In March, 1919, the Waste Merchants Association of New York filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint under § 13 of the Act to Regulate Commerce, February 4, 1887, c. 104, 24 Stat. 379, 384, as amended. It alleged that existing tariffs on paper stock shipped in carload lots from New York Harbor imposed upon carriers the duty of loading cars; that...

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