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UNITED STATES v. PENNSYLVANIA R.R.

No. 68.

266 U.S. 191 (1924)

UNITED STATES AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 17, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Blackburn Esterline, Assistant to the Solicitor General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States.

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

Mr. Henry Wolf Bikle, with whom Mr. George Hay Kain, Mr. F.W. Wheaton, Mr. Frederic D. McKenney and Mr. Francis I. Gowen were on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

York, Pennsylvania, is served by three railroads. About 100 manufacturing establishments are directly connected with them by spurs or industry sidings — most of the plants with only one of the three railroads. Where the plant is thus directly connected with the railroad which has the line-haul, it makes no extra charge for switching the car

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