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MISS. VALLEY BARGE CO. v. U.S.

No. 807.

292 U.S. 282 (1934)

54 S.Ct. 692

78 L.Ed. 1260

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BARGE LINE CO. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 30, 1934.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James R. Van Slyke, with whom Messrs. Guy A. Thompson and Truman P. Young were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. J. Stanley Payne, with whom Solicitor General Biggs, Assistant Attorney General Stephens, and Messrs. Elmer B. Collins, and Daniel W. Knowlton were on the brief, for the United States and Interstate Commerce Commission, appellees.

Mr. Elmer A. Smith for the Illinois Central R. Co., et al., interveners.

MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant, Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company, is a common carrier by water, operating towboats and barges on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. It derives a large part of its earnings from the transportation of sugar, which it carries from New Orleans to Cincinnati and St. Louis and intermediate ports. It is in active competition with rail carriers serving the...

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