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RICE v. SANTA FE ELEVATOR CORP.

No. 470.

331 U.S. 218 (1947)

RICE ET AL. v. SANTA FE ELEVATOR CORP. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 5, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee A. Freeman argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioners in No. 470.

William C. Wines, Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, argued the cause for petitioners in No. 472. With him on the brief was George F. Barrett, Attorney General.

Leo F. Tierney argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Ferre C. Watkins, Charles F. Meyers, Floyd E. Thompson, Frederick Mayer, Carl Meyer and Louis A. Kohn.

Acting Solicitor General Washington, Assistant Attorney General Berge, Robert C. Barnard, W. Carroll Hunter and Lewis A. Sigler filed a brief for the United States, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

Opinion of the Court by MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, announced by MR. JUSTICE BLACK.

Respondents in these two cases are warehousemen engaged in the business of operating public warehouses for the storage of grain in Illinois. Their warehouses are operated under licenses issued by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to the United States Warehouse Act, 39 Stat. 486, as amended, 7 U.S.C. § 241 et seq. The Rice partnership, one of the petitioners, is an owner, shipper...

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