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LOONEY v. EASTERN TEXAS R.R. CO.

No. 756.

247 U.S. 214 (1918)

38 S.Ct. 460

62 L.Ed. 1084

LOONEY, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. v. EASTERN TEXAS RAILROAD COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 20, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Luther Nickels, Assistant Attorney General of the State of Texas, with whom Mr. B.F. Looney, Attorney General of the State of Texas, was on the briefs, for appellants.

Mr. J.W. Terry, with whom Mr. Hiram Glass and Mr. H.M. Garwood were on the briefs, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

This case presents for decision a motion by appellees to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction, and it involves the consideration of the latest chapter in a litigation which was commenced in 1911, when the Railroad Commission of Louisiana filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint charging various railroad companies with maintaining unreasonable rates on traffic from Shreveport, Louisiana...

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