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EASTERN R. CONF. v. NOERR MOTORS

No. 50.

365 U.S. 127 (1961)

81 S.Ct. 523

5 L.Ed.2d 464

EASTERN RAILROAD PRESIDENTS CONFERENCE ET AL. v. NOERR MOTOR FREIGHT, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Price and Hugh B. Cox argued the cause for petitioners. With them on the briefs were C. Brewster Rhoads, Gerald E. Dwyer, Arthur Littleton, Henry S. Drinker, Charles J. Biddle, Harry E. Sprogell, Lewis M. Stevens, T. W. Pomeroy, Jr., Paul Maloney, Carl E. Glock, R. Sturgis Ingersoll, Powell Pierpoint and Cornelius C. O'Brien, Jr.

Harold E. Kohn argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Aaron M. Fine.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

American railroads have always largely depended upon income from the long-distance transportation of heavy freight for economic survival. During the early years of their existence, they had virtually no competition in this aspect of their business, but, as early as the 1920's, the growth of the trucking industry in this country began to bring about changes in this situation. For the truckers found, just as the...

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