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Mississippi ex rel. Rice v. United States

307 U.S. 610 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1939-05-01 Docket No. 742 English

Delivered by Per Curiam:

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p. 610
No. 742.
Mississippi ex rel. Rice, Attorney General, et al. v. United States et al.
Argued April 24, 1939.
Decided May 1, 1939.
Messrs. E. R. Holmes, Jr. and Russell Wright, with whom Mr. Greek L. Rice, Attorney General of Mississippi, was on the brief, for appellants. Solicitor General Jackson, Assistant Attorney General Arnold, and Messrs. Wendell Berge, Elmer B. Collins, Frank Coleman, J. Stanley Payne, and Daniel W. Knowlton were on a brief for the United States et al. Messrs. W. A. Northcutt and Elmer A. Smith were on a brief for the railroad appellees. Mr. Louis A. Schwartz was on a brief for the New Orleans Joint Traffic Bureau, appellee.

The decree is affirmed. Interstate Commerce Comm’n v. Union Pacific R. Co., 222 U. S. 541 , 547-548; Los Angeles Switching Case, 234 U. S. 294 , 311-312; United States v. American Tin Plate Co., 301 U. S. 402 , 411.

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