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UNITED STATES v. MUNSON S.S. LINE

No. 85.

283 U.S. 43 (1931)

51 S.Ct. 360

75 L.Ed. 830

UNITED STATES v. MUNSON STEAMSHIP LINE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 23, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant to the Attorney General O'Brian, with whom Solicitor General Thacher and Messrs. Charles H. Weston, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, and Erwin N. Griswold were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. W. Calvin Chesnut, with whom Messrs. Frank Lyon and Irving L. Evans were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Government instituted this proceeding, at the request of the Interstate Commerce Commission, under § 20, subdivision (9), of the Interstate Commerce Act,1 for a mandamus to compel the Munson Steamship Line to file schedules covering rates and charges for transportation of goods by water from Baltimore, Maryland, to ports in Florida...

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