Sanitary District of Chicago v. United States

by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

United States Supreme Court

266 U.S. 405

Sanitary District of Chicago  v.  United States

 Argued: Dec. 8, 9, 1924. --- Decided: Jan 5, 1925

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.

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