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ADAMS v. MILLS

No. 581.

286 U.S. 397 (1932)

ADAMS ET AL. v. MILLS, DIRECTOR GENERAL, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 23, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Franklin J. Stransky, with whom Mr. Clair R. Hillyer was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Frank H. Towner, with whom Messrs. Silas H. Strawn and Ralph M. Shaw were on the brief, for the Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., respondent.

Messrs. Sidney F. Andrews and A.A. McLaughlin for the Director General, respondent.

Messrs. Daniel W. Knowlton and J. Stanley Payne, by leave of Court, filed a brief on behalf of the Interstate Commerce Commission as amicus curiae.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This action was brought, on December 10, 1928, in the federal court for northern Illinois to enforce an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission for reparations in the sum of $140,001.25, and interest. The plaintiffs, 103 in number,1 members of the Chicago Live Stock Exchange, are commission merchants engaged in the business of buying...

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