Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. v. Chicago & Erie Railroad Co.

Berwind-White Coal Mining Company v. Chicago and Erie Railroad Company, 235 U.S. 371 (1914), was a United States Supreme Court case involving a suit over demurrage of an Erie Railroad car used by Berwind-White Coal Mining Company to transport coal. The Court asserted that the filing of rates with the Interstate Commerce Commission complied with the notice requirements of the Act to Regulate Commerce and the point of reconsignment was clear under the company's usual practice for many years.[1]

Berwind-White Coal Mining Company v. Chicago and Erie Railroad Company
Argued December 3, 1914
Decided December 14, 1914
Full case nameBerwind-White Coal Mining Company v. Chicago and Erie Railroad Company
Citations235 U.S. 371 (more)
35 S. Ct. 131; 59 L. Ed. 275; 1914 U.S. LEXIS 978
Court membership
Chief Justice
Edward D. White
Associate Justices
Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr.
William R. Day · Charles E. Hughes
Willis Van Devanter · Joseph R. Lamar
Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds
Case opinion
MajorityWhite, joined by a unanimous court

References

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  1. ^ Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. v. Chicago & Erie Railroad Co., 235 U.S. 371 (1914).
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