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UNION STOCK YARD CO. v. U.S.

No. 40.

308 U.S. 213 (1939)

UNION STOCK YARD & TRANSIT CO. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 4, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederick H. Wood, with whom Messrs. Ralph M. Shaw, William F. Riley, Guy A. Gladson, Thomas T. Cooke, and Bryce L. Hamilton were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Daniel W. Knowlton, with whom Solicitor General Jackson, Assistant Attorney General Arnold and Mr. Elmer B. Collins were on the brief, for the United States et al.; Mr. Lee J. Quasey for National Live Stock Marketing Assn.; and Mr. Douglas F. Smith, with whom Mr. Kenneth F. Burgess was on the brief, for the intervening railroad companies, — appellees.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The principal question for decision upon this appeal is whether, in the services performed by appellant in loading and unloading livestock at its stockyards in Chicago, and specified by its tariffs filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission, it is a common carrier subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, 24 Stat. 379, as amended in 1920, 41 Stat. 474, 49 U.S.C., §...

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