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BROOKS-SCANLON CO. v. R.R. COMM.

No. 386.

251 U.S. 396 (1920)

40 S.Ct. 183

64 L.Ed. 323

BROOKS-SCANLON COMPANY v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 2, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Blanc Monroe and Mr. Robert R. Reid, with whom Mr. Monte M. Lemann was on the briefs, for petitioner.

Mr. W.M. Barrow, Assistant Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, with whom Mr. A.V. Coco, Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, was on the briefs, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit by the Brooks-Scanlon Company, a Minnesota corporation organized to manufacture and deal in lumber and to carry on other incidental business, against the Railroad Commission of Louisiana. It seeks to set aside an order (Number 2228) of the Commission requiring the plaintiff either directly or through arrangements made with the Kentwood and Eastern Railway Company, to operate its narrow gauge railroad...

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