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Interstate Commerce Commission's Denial Of Northern Rail Carriers' Petition For Modification Of Commission's Order In Southern Governors' Commodity Case, Strom Thurmond
Strom Thurmond Collection, Mss 100
Statement regarding the Southern Governors' Commodity Case (aka State of Alabama et al v. N. Y. C.R.R, 1937), explaining that the petition filed by rail carriers to block the implementation of uniform freight rates had been denied by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The statement references the Class Rate Case, a recent Supreme Court ruling which upheld regulations set by the Interstate Commerce Commission regarding shipping rates.
Freight Weight Problems, Strom Thurmond
Freight Weight Problems, Strom Thurmond
Strom Thurmond Collection, Mss 100
Speech at the Southern Governors' Conference discussing increase of rail freight rates in the South, and the Freight Weight Case. The Freight Weight Case was an investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission regarding regional differences in shipping rates by rail companies. In 1944, the ICC ruled that such differences unfairly penalized Southern and Western states, and passed a resolution that shipping rates for the same classes of goods must be equal. The resolution would eventually be upheld by the Supreme Court in 1947. Original manuscript, includes marginalia.
U.S. Supreme Court's Decision On The Southern Governors' Freight Weight Case, Strom Thurmond
U.S. Supreme Court's Decision On The Southern Governors' Freight Weight Case, Strom Thurmond
Strom Thurmond Collection, Mss 100
Statement by Governor Thurmond on the Supreme Court's decision in the Freight Weight Case. The Freight Rate Case was an investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission regarding regional differences in shipping rates by rail companies. In 1944, the ICC ruled that such differences unfairly penalized Southern and Western states, and passed a resolution that shipping rates for the same classes of goods must be equal. The resolution would be brought before the Supreme Court in 1947, which upheld the order as constitutional.