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ACKER v. UNITED STATES

No. 655.

298 U.S. 426 (1936)

56 S.Ct. 824

80 L.Ed. 1257

ACKER ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George I. Haight, with whom Messrs. John S. Boyd and M.K. Hobbs were on the brief, for appellants.

Assistant Attorney General Dickinson, with whom Solicitor General Reed and Messrs. Wendell Berge and G.N. Dagger were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

September 23, 1932, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting under the Packers and Stockyards Act. 1921,1 ordered an inquiry and gave notice of a hearing to determine the reasonableness of rates charged by market agencies doing business at the Union Stockyards in Chicago. After protracted hearings and argument, he made findings of fact, announced his conclusion that the existing rates...

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