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H. K. Porter Co., Inc., et al. v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc., et al.; Interstate Commerce Commission v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc., et al.; and United States v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc., et al., 1960 — 364 U.S. 861 · caselaw · US
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H. K. Porter Co., Inc., et al. v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc., et al.; Interstate Commerce Commission v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc., et al.; and United States v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc., et al.
364 U.S. 861·Supreme Court of the United States·1960
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Opinion
No. 257.
H. K. Porter Co., Inc., et al. v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc., et al.; Interstate Commerce Commission v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc., et al.; and United States v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc., et al.
No. 258.
No. 266.
E. B. Ussery for appellants in No. 257. Robert W. Ginnane and H. Neil Gar son for appellant in No. 258. Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Bicks and Richard A. Solomon for the United States in No. 266. J. Edgar McDonald, J. Raymond Hoover, William H. Parsons, Horace H. Powers, John F. .Reilly and William F. Zearfaus for appellees.
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Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Vermont. Probable jurisdiction noted.
Reported below: 182 P. Supp. 516.