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THOMSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 70.

321 U.S. 19 (1944)

THOMSON, TRUSTEE OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY CO., v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 17, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Nye F. Morehouse, with whom Messrs. William T. Faricy and P.F. Gault were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Robert L. Pierce, with whom Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Berge, and Messrs. Edward Dumbauld, Walter J. Cummings, Jr., Daniel W. Knowlton, and Allen Crenshaw were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This direct appeal from a statutory three-judge district court involves important problems relating to "grandfather" rights to a certificate as a common carrier by motor vehicle in a single coordinated rail-motor freight service. The final decree of that court dismissed appellant's petition to set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 31 M.C.C. 299. The Commission's order had denied to the Chicago...

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