INTER-ISLAND CO. v. HAWAII

No. 94.

305 U.S. 306 (1938)

INTER-ISLAND STEAM NAVIGATION CO. v. TERRITORY OF HAWAII.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 5, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Garner Anthony for petitioner.

Mr. Julius Russell Cades, with whom Mr. Urban Earl Wild was on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner, a Hawaiian corporation, is a common carrier of freight and passengers by water between different points in the Territory. A substantial part of its gross income is derived from transporting freight destined for trans-shipment to foreign or mainland ports. In 1913 a statute of the Territory created a Public Utilities Commission, prescribed its duties and levied...

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