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Falwell et al. v. United States et al., 1947 — 330 U.S. 807 · caselaw · US
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Falwell et al. v. United States et al.
330 U.S. 807·Supreme Court of the United States·1947
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Opinion
No. 1091.
Falwell et al. v. United States et al.
March 31, 1947.
W. G. Burnette for appellants. Acting Solicitor General Washington and Daniel W. Knowlton for the United States et al., appellees. J. Ninian Beall and H. Lauren Lewis filed a brief for the Regular Common Carrier Conference of American Trucking Assns. et al., as amici curiae, urging granting of the motion to affirm. Nuel D. Belnap, E. B. Ussery and Rex H. Fowler filed a brief for the Brady Transfer & Storage Co. et al., as amici curiae, replying to the motion to affirm.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam:]
Per Curiam:
The motion to affirm is granted and the judgment is affirmed. §§ 5 and 17, Interstate Commerce Act, 54 Stat. 905, 913, 49 U. S. C. §§ 5 and 17.