United States v. Ohio Oil Company

UNITED STATES et al., Appts.,

v.

STANDARD OIL COMPANY.

No. 482.

UNITED STATES et al., Appts.,

v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF LOUISIANA.

No. 483.

UNITED STATES et al., Appts.,

v.

PRAIRIE OIL & GAS COMPANY.

No. 506.

UNITED STATES et al., Appts.,

v.

UNCLE SAM OIL COMPANY.

No. 507.

UNITED STATES et al., Appts.,

v.

ROBERT D. BENSON et al., Doing Business under the

Partnership Name of the Tide Water Pipe Company, Limited.

No. 508. Nos. 481, 482, 483, 506, 507, 508.

Argued and submitted October 15 and 16, 1914.

Decided June 22, 1914.

Solicitor General Davis for the United States.

Mr. Charles W. Needham for the Interstate Commerce Commission.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 549-553 intentionally omitted]

Messrs. John G. Milburn, Frank L. Crawford, and Walter F. Taylor M. F. Elliott for appellee in No. 481.

Messrs. John G. Milburn, Chester O. Swain, and for appellee in Nos. 482 and 483.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 554-557 intentionally omitted]

Messrs. W. S. Fitzpatrick, J. B. F. Cates, L. W. Keplinger, and C. W. Trickett for appellee in No. 506.

Mr. Albert L. Wilson for appellee in No. 507.

Messrs. W. I. Lewis, Archibald F. Jones, and R. R. Lewis for appellees in No. 508.

Mr. Justice Holmes delivered the opinion of the court: