JAMES McWILLIAMS BLUE LINE v. UNITED STATES


100 F.Supp. 66 (1951)

JAMES McWILLIAMS BLUE LINE, Inc. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

September 24, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord, Day & Lord, New York City, for plaintiffs James McWilliams Blue Line, Inc., T. A. D. Jones & Co. Inc. and Hartford Electric Light Co.

Knox, Matthews & Lishman, New York City (Parker McCollester, Robert W. Knox, and Frank J. Clark, all of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs Wyatt, Inc. and United Illuminating Co.

John H. D. Wigger, Special Asst. to the Atty. Gen., H. G. Morison, Asst. Atty. Gen., James E. Kilday, and John F. Baecher, Special Assts. to the Atty. Gen., and Irving H. Saypol, U. S. Atty., New York City, for United States of America.

Daniel W. Knowlton, Chief Counsel, H. L. Underwood, Asst. Chief Counsel, Washington, D. C., for intervenor-defendant Interstate Commerce Commission.

Francis L. Brown, J. Edgar McDonald, Bernard Sobol, and Conboy, Hewitt, O'Brien & Boardman, all of New York City (Hewitt Biaett, Richmond, Va., Henry O. Boynton, Philadelphia, Pa., Rowland L. Davis, Jr., New York City, Neal J. Holland, Boston, Mass., E. A. Kaier, Philadelphia, Pa., Martin A. Meyer, Jr., Washington, D. C., H. Merle Mulloy, Philadelphia, Pa., John R. Wall, Washington, D. C., and J. P. Fishwick, New York City, of counsel), for Intervening Railroads.

Before SWAN, Circuit Judge, and RYAN and SAMUEL H. KAUFMAN, District Judges.


RYAN, District Judge.

This suit is filed under Sections 1336, 1398, 2321, 2322 and 2323 of the United States Code, Title 28, which provide for suits to enjoin, set aside, annul and suspend orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission. It came on to be heard before a specially constituted court, pursuant to the provisions of Title 28 U.S.C. §§ 2284 and 2321-2325. The complaint prays judgment setting aside, and enjoining enforcement, of an order of the Commission...

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