WESTERN CHEM. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 312.

271 U.S. 268 (1926)

WESTERN PAPER MAKERS' CHEMICAL COMPANY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 24, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harry C. Howard for appellants.

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

Mr. P.J. Farrell, with whom Mr. E.M. Reidy was on the brief, for the Interstate Commerce Commission.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit against the United States and the Interstate Commerce Commission was brought in the federal court for western Michigan to enjoin in part, and to modify, certain orders of the Commission, which established through rates on rosin from Atlantic and Gulf ports to Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids, Michigan. The proceedings before the Commission originated in tariffs filed during 1923 by carriers operating in...

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