BARRETT LINE v. UNITED STATES

No. 630.

326 U.S. 179 (1945)

BARRETT LINE, INC. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 18, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert E. Quirk for appellant.

Mr. Walter J. Cummings, Jr., with whom Solicitor General Fahy, Messrs. Daniel W. Knowlton and Allen Crenshaw were on the brief, for the United States and the Interstate Commerce Commission; and Mr. Harry C. Ames, with whom Messrs. Wilbur La Roe, Jr. and R. Granville Curry were on the brief, for the American Barge Line Co. et al., appellees.


MR. JUSTICE RUTLEDGE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Interstate Commerce Commission denied appellant a permit to act as a contract water carrier under the Transportation Act of 1940, 54 Stat. 898, Part III of the Interstate Commerce Act. A three-judge District Court dismissed the complaint which sought review of that order. The appeal is from this judgment.

In May, 1941, appellant applied for a permit to carry...

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