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RICE v. CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE

No. 471.

331 U.S. 247 (1947)

RICE ET AL. v. BOARD OF TRADE OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

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. 471.

William C. Wines, Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, argued the cause for petitioners in No. 473. With him on the brief was George F. Barrett, Attorney General.

Howard Ellis argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Weymouth Kirkland.

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.

These are companion cases to Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. and Illinois Commerce Commission v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp., ante, p. 218, decided this day. Respondent in these cases, the Chicago Board of Trade, was joined as a defendant in the proceeding brought by Rice before the Illinois Commerce Commission. As we have noted in our opinion in the companion cases...

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