United States v. Western Pacific Railroad

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1956-12-03

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Mr. Justice Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court. The three respondent railroads each sued in the Court of Claims to recover from the United States as shipper the difference between the tariff rates actually paid and those allegedly due on 211 Army shipments of steel aerial bomb cases filled with napalm gel. 1 Approximately 200 of the shipments were made over the lines of resp…

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