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UNITED STATES v. MERCHANTS & c. ASS'N.

No. 452.

242 U.S. 178 (1916)

37 S.Ct. 24

61 L.Ed. 233

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, ET AL. v. MERCHANTS & MANUFACTURERS TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION OF SACRAMENTO ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 4, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Underwood for the United States.

Mr. Joseph W. Folk for the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Mr. John E. Alexander for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

By the Act of June 18, 1910, c. 309, 36 Stat. 539, 547, amending § 4 of the Act to Regulate Commerce, carriers were prohibited from charging more "for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line or route in the same direction" without obtaining authority from the Interstate Commerce Commission so to do. A period of six months from the passage of the...

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