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U.S. v. GREAT NORTHERN RY.

No. 96.

287 U.S. 144 (1932)

53 S.Ct. 28

77 L.Ed. 223

UNITED STATES v. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 7, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mr. F.G. Dorety, with whom Messrs. R.E.L. Smith and R.J. Hagman were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner, the United States of America, has sued to recover a payment made to the respondent, the Great Northern Railway Company, by force of a certificate of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the government asserting that the payment was excessive and that the certificate permitting it was the product of mistake. A judgment of the District Court in favor of...

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