Bell Lines, Inc. v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

May 4, 1970

Supreme Court of the United States · decided May 4, 1970

Relies on American Farm Lines v. Black Ball Freight Service

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided May 4, 1970

How this case has been cited

Cited by 94 later decisions (11 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2000 · most notably Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa County (1974), Jefferson v. Hackney (1972)

50 federal appellate · 7 district · 2 state decisions

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Harold Hernly, William T. Brotherton, Harry J. Jordan, Robert S. Burk, Robert R. Redmon, James E. Wilson, Edward G. Villalon, and Charles H. Ephraim, for appellants.

Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General McLaren, Robert W. Ginnane, Fritz R. Kahn, and Nahum Litt, for appellees United States and others.

A. Alvis Layne, for appellee Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc.

PER CURIAM.

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The judgment is affirmed. American Farm Lines v. Black Ball Freight Service, 397 U.S. 532, 90 S.Ct. 1288, 25 L.Ed.2d 547.