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LOUISIANA R.R. COMM. v. TEX. & PAC. RY.

No. 335.

229 U.S. 336 (1913)

33 S.Ct. 837

57 L.Ed. 1215

RAILROAD COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA v. TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 10, 1913.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ruffin G. Pleasant, Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, Mr. Wylie M. Barrow, Assistant Attorney General, and Mr. E. Howard McCaleb for appellants.

Mr. Charles Payne Fenner, Mr. Walker B. Spencer, Mr. Philip S. Gidiere, Mr. Esmonds Phelps, Mr. Henry Bernstein, Mr. John Totts and Mr. F.G. Hudson for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Suit in equity to declare void certain orders of the Railroad Commission of the State of Louisiana and to restrain the enforcement of penalties for the alleged violation thereof. The ground of the suit is that the orders and the penalties constitute a regulation of interstate commerce and therefore are in violation of the commerce clause of the Constitution of the United...

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