ALTON & S. R. R. v. UNITED STATES

No. 2502-L.

49 F.2d 414 (1931)

ALTON & S. R. R. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

District Court, N. D. California, S. D.

February 9, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmer Westlake, of San Francisco, Cal., R. S. Outlaw, of Chicago, Ill., and James E. Lyons, of San Francisco, Cal., for petitioners.

E. M. Reidy, of Washington, D. C., for Interstate Commerce Commission.

Elmer B. Collins, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., and Geo. J. Hatfield, U. S. Atty., of San Francisco, Cal., for the United States.

Paul E. Blanchard and Ross Dean Rynder, both of Chicago, Ill., for interveners Swift & Co. and another.

Allan P. Matthew, John O. Moran, and McCutchen, Olney, Mannon & Greene, all of San Francisco, Cal., for interveners Pacific States Butter, Eggs, Cheese & Poultry Ass'n and others.

Allan P. Matthew, John O. Moran and McCutchen, Olney, Mannon & Greene, all of San Francisco, Cal., and W. D. Gillis, Atty. Gen., of Idaho, for intervener Public Utilities Commission of Idaho.

Arthur T. George, Ira H. Rowell, and Roderick B. Cassidy, all of San Francisco, Cal., for intervener Railroad Commission of California.

Edson Abel, of San Francisco, Cal., for intervener California Farm Bureau Federation.

Before WILBUR, Circuit Judge, and ST. SURE and LOUDERBACK, District Judges.


WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

This proceeding was instituted by the petitioners to secure the annulment of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission fixing the cost of icing for shipments of poultry and dairy products originating in the six western states. The action of the Interstate Commerce Commission was invoked by a petition attacking such rate filed by the Pacific States Butter, Egg, Cheese & Poultry Association June 17, 1925. After elaborate hearings and...

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