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CHICAGO, R.I. & P. RY. v. U.S.

No. 190.

274 U.S. 29 (1927)

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 11, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.B. Enoch, with whom Messrs. M.L. Bell, W.F. Dickinson, T.P. Littlepage, and M.G. Roberts were on the brief, for appellants.

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

Mr. Daniel W. Knowlton, with whom Mr. P.J. Farrell was on the brief, for the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Mr. R.C. Fulbright for the Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade, submitted.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit to annul, and enjoin the enforcement of, an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission prescribing joint rail-and-water and rail-water-and-rail rates (both hereinafter designated as rail-and-water rates) on cotton from points in Oklahoma, via Galveston and certain steamship lines, to New England destinations. The complaint before the commission was brought by the Houston Cotton Exchange and...

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