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CALIFORNIA v. UNITED STATES

No. 20.

320 U.S. 577 (1944)

64 S.Ct. 352

88 L.Ed. 322

CALIFORNIA ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lucas E. Kilkenny, Deputy Attorney General of California, with whom Mr. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, was on the brief, for appellants in No. 20. Mr. W. Reginald Jones for appellant in No. 22.

Solicitor General Fahy, with whom Assistant Attorney General Shea, and Messrs. Valentine Brookes and K. Norman Diamond were on the brief, for the United States and the United States Maritime Commission, appellees.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The United States Maritime Commission found that terminals along the commercial waterfront in the Port of San Francisco were engaged in preferential and unreasonable practices in that they allowed excessive free time and made non-compensatory charges for their services, all in violation of § 16 and 17 of the Shipping Act of 1916, as amended.1 Accordingly, the Commission ordered...

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