DAVIES WAREHOUSE CO. v. BOWLES

No. 112.

321 U.S. 144 (1944)

DAVIES WAREHOUSE CO. v. BOWLES, PRICE ADMINISTRATOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 31, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Reginald L. Vaughan for petitioner.

Mr. Nathaniel L. Nathanson, with whom Solicitor General Fahy and Mr. Paul A. Freund were on the brief, for respondent.

Messrs. John E. Benton and Frederick G. Hamley filed a brief on behalf of the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.


MR. JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner, Davies Warehouse Company, is incorporated under the laws of California and conducts a public warehouse in Los Angeles. Its business is declared to be that of a public utility both by the Constitution of California1 and its Public Utilities Act.2 The Act subjects to regulation by the Railroad Commission...

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