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BEAUMONT, S.L. & W. RY. v. U.S.

Nos. 44 and 45.

282 U.S. 74 (1930)

BEAUMONT, SOUR LAKE & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL. UNITED STATES ET AL. v. BEAUMONT, SOUR LAKE & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY ET. AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 24, 1930.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. F.H. Moore and Samuel W. Moore, with whom Messrs. W.E. Davis, E.T. Miller, M.G. Roberts, J.R. Bell, G.H. Muckley, H.H. Larimore, C.S. Burg, J.R. Turney, and Robert Thompson were on the brief, for the Southwestern Lines.

Mr. E.M. Reidy, with whom Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant to the Attorney General O'Brian, Messrs. Charles H. Weston, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, and Daniel W. Knowlton were on the brief, for the United States and the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Mr. Frank H. Towner, with whom Messrs. Silas H. Strawn, P.F. Gault, K.F. Burgess, Ralph M. Shaw, J. Carter Fort, G.M. Swanstrom, A.H. Lossow, K.L. Richmond, and L.H. Strasser were on the brief, for the Western Trunk Carriers.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit brought in the District Court for the Western District of Missouri by appellants, carriers in southwestern territory, against the United States to annul and set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission prescribing divisions of joint rates applicable to certain freight traffic between points in that territory and points in western trunk line territory or via western lines to and from...

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