Publication Date
1-1-1947
Circa Date
1947
Subject
Railroad law; Railroads and state; Freight and freightage; Landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions
Publisher
Clemson University
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Thurmond, Strom, "U.S. Supreme Court's Decision on the Southern Governors' Freight Weight Case" (1947). Strom Thurmond Collection, Mss 100. 158.
https://open.clemson.edu/strom/158
Contributing Institution
Clemson University Libraries
Language
English
Media Type
Manuscripts
Rights
Copyright of Clemson University. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
MIME Type
application/pdf
DC:Relation
Strom Thurmond Collection, Mss 100