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UNITED STATES v. N.Y. CENTRAL RAILROAD CO.

Nos. 238 and 304.

279 U.S. 73 (1929)

UNITED STATES v. NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, LESSEE. UNITED STATES v. NEVADA COUNTY NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 11, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Mitchell, with whom Messrs. Joseph Stewart, George C. Butte and Robert P. Reeder, Special Assistants to the Attorney General, were on the brief, for the United States.

Messrs. Frederick H. Wood and George H. Fernald, Jr., with whom Messrs. Clarence M. Oddie and Ben B. Cain were on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

On February 25, 1921, and June 30, 1921, the respondent railroads respectively filed applications with the Interstate Commerce Commission for a readjustment of the compensation for services in carrying the mails rendered by them, from dates before the applications and for the future. The Commission at first expressed an opinion that it had "authority to establish rates...

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