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UNITED STATES v. GRIFFIN

No. 63.

303 U.S. 226 (1938)

58 S.Ct. 601

82 L.Ed. 764

UNITED STATES ET AL. v. GRIFFIN ET AL., RECEIVERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued January 3, 1938.

Decided February 28, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward M. Reidy, with whom Solicitor General Reed, Assistant Attorney General Jackson, and Messrs. Elmer B. Collins and Daniel W. Knowlton were on the briefs, for appellants on the reargument and on the original argument.

Mr. Moultrie Hitt, with whom Messrs. G. Kibby Munson and Gregory Hankin were on the briefs, for appellees on the reargument and on the original argument.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

The sole question requiring decision is one of statutory construction: The Railway Mail Pay Act of July 28, 1916. c. 261, § 5, 39 Stat. 412, 425, 429, 430, provides that the Interstate Commerce Commission "shall establish by order a fair, reasonable rate or compensation to be received" by railroads for carrying the mail;1 and authorizes the Commission to modify the order upon...

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