Supreme Court of the United States, 1931

Brady v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 18, 1931

283 U.S. 804; 51 S. Ct. 559; 75 L. Ed. 1424; 1931 U.S. LEXIS 213 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. George T. Bell, with whom Mr. Samuel T. Spears was on the brief, for appellant., Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant to the Attorney General O’Brian, Mr. Charles H. Weston, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, and Messrs. Daniel W. Knowlton, Chief Counsel, and E. M. Reidy, Assistant Chief Counsel, Interstate Commerce Commission, Charles R. Webber and Eugene S. Williams, were on the brief for the United States et al.

Cases that cite this one

18 later published cases cite this decision. The 17 that cite it most often are listed here.

Washington Terminal Co. v. Boswell (D.C. Cir. 1941)
United States v. ICC (Supreme Court of the United States 1949)
United States v. Interstate Commerce Commission (Supreme Court of the United States 1949)
Great Lakes Steel Corporation v. United States (District Court, E.D. Michigan 1948)
Ashland Coal & Ice Co. v. United States (District Court, E.D. Virginia 1945)
Carolina Aluminum Co. v. Federal Power Commission (4th Cir. 1938)
George Allison & Co., Inc. v. The United States of America, and Interstate Commerce Commission. (Supreme Court of the United States 1935)
Abe Rafelson Co. v. Tugwell (7th Cir. 1935)
George Allison & Co. v. United States (District Court, S.D. New York 1935)
Aluminum Company Of America v. Interstate Commerce Commission (D.C. Cir. 1977)
Aluminum Co. of America v. Interstate Commerce Commission (D.C. Cir. 1977)
Baltimore & O. R. v. United States (3d Cir. 1937)
Spates Brady v. The United States of America (Supreme Court of the United States 1931)
Flota Mercante Grancolombiana, S.A. v. Federal Maritime Commission (D.C. Cir. 1962)
Sparta Foundry Co. v. Michigan Public Utilities Commission (Mich. 1936)
George Allison & Co. v. United States (Supreme Court of the United States 1935)
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Brady (Supreme Court of the United States 1933)

This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The decree of dismissal by the specially constituted District Court is affirmed. Standard Oil Company (Indiana) v. United States, ante, p. 235; United States v. Louisville & Nashville R. Co., 235 U. S. 314, 320; Interstate Commerce Comm. v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. Co., 220 U. S. 235, 251; Interstate Commerce Comm. v. Illinois Central R. Co., 215 U. S. 452, 470; Baltimore & Ohio R. Co. v. United States ex rel. Pitcairn Coal Co., 215 U. S. 481, 494.

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