Sanitary District of Chicago v. United States

Messrs. Edmund D. Adcock, Clyde L. Day, George F. Barrett, and Louis J. Behan, all of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 406-413 intentionally omitted]

Mr. Daniel N. Kirby, of St. Louis, Mo., for Mississiippi Valley States, amicus curiae.

Messrs. James M. Beck, Sol. Gen., of Washington, D. C., and Joseph B. Fleming, of Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 414-422 intentionally omitted]

Mr. Andrew B. Dougherty, Atty. Gen., for Michigan, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, amicus curiae.

Mr. Harvey D. Goulder, of Cleveland, Ohio, for Great Lakes Carriers' Ass'n, amicus curiae.

Mr. Justice HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.