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FLORIDA v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 16, 17, and 18.

282 U.S. 194 (1931)

51 S.Ct. 119

75 L.Ed. 291

FLORIDA ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL. BROOKS-SCANLON CORPORATION ET AL. v. SAME. WILSON LUMBER COMPANY OF FLORIDA v. SAME.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Fred H. Davis, Attorney General of Florida, for the State of Florida et al.

Mr. Henry P. Adair, with whom Messrs. Charles E. Cotterill, August G. Gutheim, and H. Plant Osborne were on the brief, for the Brooks-Scanlon Corporation et al. Mr. J.V. Norman for the Wilson Lumber Company of Florida.

Mr. Robert C. Alston, with whom Messrs. F.B. Grier, Carl H. Davis, and W.E. Kay were on the brief, for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.

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

The State of Florida and the members of its Railroad Commission (appellants in No. 16) brought suit in the District Court to restrain the enforcement of that part of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission which dealt with certain intrastate rates of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company in Florida. The order, made August 2, 1928, required the Railroad...

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