U.S. v. DETROIT NAVIGATION CO.

No. 22.

326 U.S. 236 (1945)

UNITED STATES ET AL. v. DETROIT & CLEVELAND NAVIGATION CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 5, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles H. Weston, with whom Acting Solicitor General Judson, Assistant Attorney General Berge, Messrs. Walter J. Cummings, Jr., Daniel W. Knowlton and Daniel H. Kunkel were on the brief, for the United States and the Interstate Commerce Commission; and Mr. Sparkman D. Foster for the T.J. McCarthy Steamship Co. et al., appellants.

Messrs. S.S. Eisen and Ernest S. Ballard, with whom Messrs. James Turner, Willis C. Bullard, Isaac H. Mayer and Carl Meyer were on the brief, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Interstate Commerce Commission pursuant to § 309 (c) of Part III of the Interstate Commerce Act (54 Stat. 941, 49 U.S.C. § 909 (c)) granted to T.J. McCarthy Steamship Co. and Automotive Trades Steamship Co. (whom we will call the applicants) a certificate of convenience and necessity to operate as common carriers in the transportation by water of motor vehicles from Detroit, Michigan to ports on...

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