Champlin Refining Co. v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1950
Citation profile
Relationships
Relies on Pipe Line Cases · Producers Transportation Co. v. Railroad Commission · Pennsylvania Co v. Public Utilities Commission of Ohio · Producers' Transp Co v. Railroad Commission of State of California · Champlin Refining Co. v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]his Act shall apply to any corporation or any person or persons engaged in the transportation of oil or other commodity ... by means of pipe lines . . . who shall be considered and held to be common carriers within the meaning and purpose of this Act . ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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