Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. v. Chicago & Erie Railroad Co.

Berwind-White Coal Mining Company v. Chicago and Erie Railroad Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 3, 1914 Decided December 14, 1914
Full case name	Berwind-White Coal Mining Company v. Chicago and Erie Railroad Company
Citations	235 U.S. 371 (more) 35 S. Ct. 131; 59 L. Ed. 275; 1914 U.S. LEXIS 978
Court membership
Chief Justice Edward D. White Associate Justices Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day · Charles E. Hughes Willis Van Devanter · Joseph R. Lamar Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds
Case opinion
Majority	White, joined by a unanimous court

Berwind-White Coal Mining Company v. Chicago and Erie Railroad Company, 235 U.S. 371 (1914), was a United States Supreme Court case involving a suit over demurrage of an Erie Railroad car used by Berwind-White Coal Mining Company to transport coal. The Court asserted that the filing of rates with the Interstate Commerce Commission complied with the notice requirements of the Act to Regulate Commerce and the point of reconsignment was clear under the company's usual practice for many years.

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