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· 11/23/1931

Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Texas & New Orleans Railroad

Citations

  • 284 U.S. 125
  • 52 S. Ct. 74
  • 76 L. Ed. 201
  • 1931 U.S. LEXIS 877

How courts have described this case

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  • upholding Interstate Commerce Commission rate order despite benefits to particular ports
  • Congress may enact laws which “ ‘greatly benefit particular ports and which incidentally result to the disadvantage of other ports in the same or neighboring states’ ”
  • a rail rate allowance for crossing the Mississippi in Louisiana does not violate the Clause: “Congress ... causes many things to be done that greatly benefit particular ports and which incidentally result to the disadvantage of other ports”

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Judges: Butler

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