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BURLESON v. DEMPCY

No. 1006.

250 U.S. 191 (1919)

39 S.Ct. 511

63 L.Ed. 929

BURLESON, POSTMASTER GENERAL, v. DEMPCY ET AL., CONSTITUTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF ILLINOIS, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 2, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry S. Robbins, with whom The Solicitor General was on the brief, for appellant:

Mr. Raymond S. Pruitt, Assistant Attorney General of the State of Illinois, with whom Mr. Edward J. Brundage, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, and Mr. George T. Buckingham and Mr. Matthew Mills, Assistant Attorneys General of the State of Illinois, were on the brief, for appellees:

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

In a suit commenced by the Postmaster General, the members of the Public Utilities Commission of Illinois and the Attorney General of that State filed a cross-bill to enjoin the Postmaster General from enforcing telgraph rates which he had directed to be charged for services rendered over lines which were in the possession, under the control, and being operated by...

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