SWIFT & CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 595.

316 U.S. 216 (1942)

62 S.Ct. 948

86 L.Ed. 1391

SWIFT & CO. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 4, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ross Dean Rynder, with whom Mr. Edgar B. Kixmiller was on the brief, for Swift & Co. et al.; and Mr. Paul E. Blanchard, with whom Messrs. Chas. J. Faulkner, Jr. and John Potts Barnes were on the brief, for Armour & Co., appellants.

Mr. Hugh B. Cox, with whom Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Arnold, and Messrs. James C. Wilson, Smith R. Brittingham, Jr., Robert L. Pierce, Daniel W. Knowlton, and E.M. Reidy were on the brief, for the United States et al.; and Mr. Douglas F. Smith, with whom Mr. Kenneth F. Burgess was on the brief, for the Alton Railroad Co. et al., appellees.


MR. JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

Swift & Company and Omaha Packing Company, its wholly-owned subsidiary, filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint against the common carriers by railroad which served the Chicago Union Stock Yards, operated by the Union Stock Yard & Transit Company.1 They were later joined by Armour & Company, as intervenor, to...

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