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MIDLAND VALLEY R.R. v. BARKLEY

No. 375.

276 U.S. 482 (1928)

48 S.Ct. 342

72 L.Ed. 664

MIDLAND VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY v. BARKLEY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas B. Pryor, with whom Messrs. O.E. Swan and Vincent M. Miles were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Charles I. Evans, with whom Messrs. U.C. May and Jeptha H. Evans were on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Barkley and Burnett operated a wagon coal mine in Arkansas located about a quarter of a mile from the line of the Midland Valley Railroad, a corporation of that State. They shipped their coal by that carrier, largely in interstate commerce. In the spring and summer of 1922 there was a widespread strike in bituminous coal mines throughout the United States. When mining...

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