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LAMBERT RUN COAL CO. v. BALT. & OHIO R.R. CO.

No. 153.

258 U.S. 377 (1922)

LAMBERT RUN COAL COMPANY v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 10, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank E. Harkness and Mr. Rush C. Butler, with whom Mr. Ernest S. Ballard and Mr. Herbert Pope were on the briefs, for appellant.

Mr. A.G. Gutheim and Mr. R.V. Fletcher, with whom Mr. Hugh L. Bond, Jr., and Mr. W.S. Bronson were on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. Blackburn Esterline, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, by leave of court, filed a brief on behalf of the United States, as amici curiae.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

The distribution of coal cars in times of car shortage has been a fertile field of controversy. The subject has received much attention from Congress, the Interstate Commerce Commission and the courts. Definite rules for distribution were promulgated by the Commission; and they remained in force for many years. Among these was the so-called assigned car rule declared...

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