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This document summarizes a Supreme Court case regarding whether railroads can charge different rates for transporting coal to themselves for fuel versus other shippers. The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that charging different rates constituted unlawful discrimination. The railroads argued the fuel coal traffic conditions were different from commercial coal traffic conditions. The Commission held that the circumstances did not sufficiently differentiate the traffic types to allow different rates. It

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