AMERICAN BRIDGE CO. v. COMM'N.

No. 704.

307 U.S. 486 (1939)

AMERICAN TOLL BRIDGE CO. v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF CALIFORNIA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 5, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Max Thelen for appellant.

Mr. Ira H. Rowell for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal is from a judgment of the highest court of the State upholding an order of the state railroad commission that reduces tolls for use of appellant's bridge across the Carquinez Straits between the counties of Contra Costa and Solano. Appellant contends that the order violates Art. I, § 10, of the Constitution; that the commission's procedure was repugnant to the due process clause of the Fourteenth...

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