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Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. United States

340 U.S. 926 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1951-02-26 Docket No. 45; No. 46; No. 47; No. 48 English

Delivered by Majority

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p. 926
No. 45.
No. 46.
No. 47.
No. 48.
Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co. et al. v. United States et al.; Galveston Chamber of Commerce et al. v. United States et al.; Railroad Commission of Texas v. United States et al.; and Savannah Sugar Refining Corp. v. United States et al.

The opinion of this Court, 340 U. S. 216 , is amended as follows:

1. On page 228, substitute for the last sentence: “The only points urged by these appellants not answered in No. 45 are that the order gives a preference to the port of New Orleans over certain ports of Georgia and Texas, in violation of the Interstate Commerce Act and of Art. I, § 9, cl. 6, of the Federal Constitution.”

2. On page 229, substitute for lines 1, 2, and 3: “With respect to the constitutional argument, this Court in Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Texas & N. O. R. Co., 284 U. S. 125 , 131, stated:”

3. On page 229, substitute for the first sentence of the last paragraph: “And we are clear that whatever preference there is to New Orleans is the result of geography and not of any action of the Commission.”

The petition of the Texas Interests, appellants in Nos. 46 and 47, for rehearing is denied.

[The opinion is reported as amended, ante, p. 216.]

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