Interstate Commerce Acts Annotated

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Page 12813 - In the case of securities having no par value, the par value for the purposes of this paragraph shall be the fair market value as of the date of issue.
Page 12653 - The legal right of a taxpayer to decrease the amount of what otherwise would be his taxes, or altogether avoid them, by means which the law permits, cannot be doubted.
Page 12915 - For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought.
Page 12789 - ... there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.
Page 12605 - ... including the compensation to be paid and other terms of any contract, agreement, or arrangement for the use of any locomotive, car, or other vehicle not owned by the carrier using it (and whether or not owned by another carrier) , and the penalties or other sanctions for nonobservance of such rules, regulations, or practices.
Page 12718 - Where the conditions under which interstate and intrastate traffic move are found to be substantially the same with respect to all factors bearing on the reasonableness of the rate, and the two classes are shown to be intimately bound together, there is no occasion to deal with the reasonableness of the intrastate rates more specifically, or to separate intrastate and interstate costs and revenues.
Page 12701 - ... on their way from any state to another state, and to receive compensation therefor, and to connect with roads of other states so as to form continuous lines for transportation of the same to the place of destination.
Page 12925 - Every civil action commenced against the United States shall be barred unless the complaint is filed within six years after the right of action first accrues. The action of any person under legal disability or beyond the seas at the time the claim accrues may be commenced within three years after the disability ceases.
Page 12750 - That nothing in this Act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State, or municipal governments...
Page 12749 - States corporation or other entity" means a partnership, corporation or other entity created or organized in the United States of America or under the law of the United States of America or of any State or Territory of the United States of America. (e) The term "Swedish enterprise" is defined In the same manner, mutatis mutandis, as the term "United States enterprise".