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Secretary of Agriculture v. United States, 350 U.S. 162 (1956)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Secretary of Agriculture v. United States, 350 U.S. 162 (1956)
Secretary of Agriculture v. United States Argued October 12, 1955 Decided January 9, 1956 * 350 U.S. 162
APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH
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The Interstate Commerce Commission issued an order approving tariff regulations providing that railroads will be responsible for claims for physical damage to shell eggs carried by them only to the extent that such damage is in excess of specified percentages or "tolerances." The validity of the regulations was challenged on the ground that they violated § 20(11) of the Interstate Commerce Act, which provides that any carrier subject to the Act receiving property for interstate transportation "shall be liable . . . for any loss, damage, or injury to such property caused by it" and forbids any limitation of, or exemption from, such liability. The Commission had concluded that, since the tolerances represented pre-shipment and unavoidable damage not "caused by" the railroads, their deduction from damage claims could not limit the railroads’ proper liability.
Held: the Commission’s findings were insufficient to support this conclusion or to establish that the tolerances permitted by its order will not operate to limit carrier liability in violation of § 20(11), and the Commission’s order must be set aside. Pp. 163-173.
119 F.Supp. 86 reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Secretary of Agriculture v. United States, 350 U.S. 162 (1956) in 350 U.S. 162 350 U.S. 163. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=RSWH3JK68ALAAVW.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Secretary of Agriculture v. United States, 350 U.S. 162 (1956), in 350 U.S. 162, page 350 U.S. 163. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=RSWH3JK68ALAAVW.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Secretary of Agriculture v. United States, 350 U.S. 162 (1956). cited in 1956, 350 U.S. 162, pp.350 U.S. 163. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=RSWH3JK68ALAAVW.
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