United States v. Reading Company (226 U.S. 324)

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Messrs. J. C. McReynolds and G. Carroll Todd, Special Assistants to the Attorney General, and Attorney General Wickersham for the United States.

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Messrs. John G. Johnson and Charles Heebner for the Reading Company et al.

Mr. Frank H. Platt for the Lehigh Valley R. Co. et al.

Messrs. Robert W. de Forest and Jackson E. Reynolds for the Central R. Co. of New Jersey et al.

Mr. William S. Jenney for the Delaware, L. & W. R. Co.

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Mr. James H. Torrey for the Enterprise Coal Company et al.

Messrs. James H. Torrey and William S. Opdyke for the Delaware & Hudson Company.

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Mr. William W. Green for the Mercantile Trust Company.

Messrs. Adelbert Moot and George F. Brownell for the Erie Railroad Company et al.

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Mr. Everett Warren for the Temple Irom Company.

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Mr. Justice Lurton delivered the opinion of the court: