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ARMOUR & CO. v. ALTON R. CO.

No. 293.

312 U.S. 195 (1941)

ARMOUR & COMPANY v. ALTON RAILROAD CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 3, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Paul E. Blanchard, with whom Messrs. Chas. J. Faulkner, Jr. and John Potts Barnes were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Douglas F. Smith, with whom Messrs. Kenneth F. Burgess and Frank H. Towner were on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

This litigation is the latest episode of a long struggle involving the meat packers, the railroads, and the Union Stock Yard and Transit Company of Chicago.1 Basically, on the merits the issue here presented is whether Armour and Company, one of the packers, is correct in its contention that under the facts of this case the railroads must deliver...

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