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Ambassador, Inc. v. United States, 325 U.S. 317 (1945)
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Ambassador, Inc. v. United States, 325 U.S. 317 (1945)
Ambassador, Inc. v. United States No. 446 Argued March 9, 12, 1945 Decided May 21, 1945 325 U.S. 317
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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1. The District Court properly enjoined the appellant proprietors of hotels from collecting, in violation of a regulation filed by the telephone companies with the Federal Communications Commission pursuant to the Communications Act, surcharges from guests who make interstate or foreign long distance telephone calls or receive such calls "collect." Pp. 324, 326.
2. Questions of the justness or reasonableness of the regulation must be addressed, in the first instance, to the Commission. P. 325.
3. In the circumstances of this case, it was within the discretion of the District Court to enjoin the hotels, though it did not enjoin the telephone companies. P. 325.
4. It is unnecessary here to determine whether the hotels were "agents" of the telephone company or "subscribers." Whatever the relationship, it was one which the statute contemplates shall be governed by reasonable regulations initiated by the telephone company but subject to the approval and review of the Commission. P. 326.
Affirmed.
Direct appeal under the Expediting Act from a decree sustaining the validity of a tariff filed with the Federal Communications Commission and enjoining its violation by the defendant hotels.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Ambassador, Inc. v. United States, 325 U.S. 317 (1945) in 325 U.S. 317 325 U.S. 318. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=T5N8X1SY8T1Y24T.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Ambassador, Inc. v. United States, 325 U.S. 317 (1945), in 325 U.S. 317, page 325 U.S. 318. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=T5N8X1SY8T1Y24T.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Ambassador, Inc. v. United States, 325 U.S. 317 (1945). cited in 1945, 325 U.S. 317, pp.325 U.S. 318. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=T5N8X1SY8T1Y24T.
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