Court Opinion

ID: 9417417
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 20:14:40.850679+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:21:42.095068
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Mr. Justice Harlan,
with whom concurred Mr. Justice Field, dissenting.
It seems clear that.the power reserved to the legislature of regulating rates of transportation for passengers and freight over the road of the complainant is subject to the condition that there shall be no discrimination against it in favor of any *356other company. In other words, the complainant has a contract with the State that protects it against such discrimination in the matter of rates. If this were not so, it could not well be the duty of the railroad commission, as the court declares, to see that the discrimination provided against by the company’s charter did not exist.
Adhering to the general views expressed by me in the preceding cases, I dissent from the opinion and judgment in this case.
Mr. Justice Field concurs in this dissent.
Mr. Justice Blatchforb did not sit in this case or take any part in its decision.