AMERICAN AIRLINES v. CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD

No. 9739.

178 F.2d 903 (1949)

AMERICAN AIRLINES, Inc., et al. v. CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

December 8, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Godehn, John T. Lorch, Chicago, Ill., Henry L. Hill, Chicago, Ill. (Mayer, Meyer, Austrian & Platt, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for petitioners.

Emory T. Nunneley, Jr., Greer M. Murphy, Warren L. Sharfman, Washington, D. C., Edward Dumbauld, William D. McFarlane, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Hardy K. Maclay, Washington, D. C., Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati, Ohio, Richard Bentley, Kenneth B. Hawkins, Richard H. Merrick, Chicago, Ill. (Headley Taft & Headley, Cincinnati, Ohio, Cassels, Potter & Bentley, Chicago, Ill., Landis, Gewirtz & Maclay, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for intervenor Air Freight Forwarders Ass'n.

C. J. Burrill, E. C. Riordan, Chicago, Ill. (Haskins, Maguire & Haskins, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for intervener International Forwarding Co.

Homer S. Carpenter, Washington, D. C., Gregory A. Gelderman, Chicago, Ill. (Turney, Carpenter & Turney, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for intervener Acme Air Express, Inc.

Before DUFFY, FINNEGAN and LINDLEY, Circuit Judges.


LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners seek to reverse an order of the Civil Aeronautics Board authorizing air freight forwarders to engage indirectly in interstate air transportation. They do not ask us to review the evidence but contend that the findings are insufficient to sustain the order and that the board has erroneously interpreted the law.

The suit had its inception in a consolidated proceeding known as the...

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