Supreme Court of the United States, 1939

Mississippi ex rel. Rice v. United States

Mississippi ex rel. Rice v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 1, 1939
307 U.S. 610; 59 S. Ct. 822; 83 L. Ed. 1493; 1939 U.S. LEXIS 611 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Messrs. E. R. Holmes, Jr. and Russell Wright, with whom Mr. Greek L. Rice, Attorney General of Mississippi, was on the brief, for appellants. Solicitor General Jackson, Assistant Attorney General Arnold, and Messrs. Wendell Berge, Elmer B. Collins, Frank Coleman, J. Stanley Payne, and Daniel W. Knowlton were on a brief for the United States et al. Messrs. W. A. Northcutt and Elmer A. Smith were on a brief for the railroad appellees. Mr. Louis A. Schwartz was on a brief for the New Orleans Joint Traffic Bureau, appellee.

Mississippi ex rel. Rice v. United States

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The decree is affirmed. Interstate Commerce Comm’n v. Union Pacific R. Co., 222 U. S. 541, 547-548; Los Angeles Switching Case, 234 U. S. 294, 311-312; United States v. American Tin Plate Co., 301 U. S. 402, 411.

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