AMERICAN TRUCKING ASS'NS v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 6758.

101 F.Supp. 710 (1951)

AMERICAN TRUCKING ASS'NS, Inc. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States District Court, N. D. Alabama, S. D.

December 14, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc Ray Clements, Tuscaloosa, Ala., Edgar S. Idol, Harry E. Boot, and Francis W. McInerny, all of Washington, D. C., James W. Wrape and Wrape & Hernly, all of Memphis, Tenn., George S. Dixon, Detroit, Mich., Herbert Baker, Columbus, Ohio, Joseph H. Blackshear, Gainesville, Ga., Noel F. George, Columbus, Ohio, William R. Hefferan, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs.

For Intervenors in support of Plaintiffs:

M. W. Wells and Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, all of Orlando, Fla., for Florida Citrus Commission, and Growers and Shippers League of Florida.

Charles W. Bucy, Associate Solicitor, Henry A. Cockrum, Atty., Washington, D. C., for Secretary of Agriculture.

Lewis Petteway, General Counsel, Florida Railroad & Public Utilities Commission, Tallahassee, Fla., for Florida Railroad & Public Utilities Commission.

Walter, Burchmore & Belnap, Chicago, Ill., for The National Industrial Traffic League.

Harold J. Waples, Wilber M. Brucker, Arthur P. Boynton and Robert A. Sullivan, and Clark, Klein, Brucker & Waples, all of Detroit, Mich., for L. R. Burnham, et al. d/b/a Burnham's Van Service.

J. Douglas Harris, Alabama Public Service Commission, Montgomery, Ala., Guyte P. McCord, Jr., Florida Railroad & Public Utilities Commission, Tallahassee, Fla., Bland Godwin, Jr., Georgia Public Service Commission, Atlanta, Ga., for Southeastern Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners, Amicus Curiae.

J. Howard McGrath, Atty. Gen., John F. Baecher, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, John H. D. Wigger, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., John D. Hill, U. S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., for the United States.

Daniel W. Knowlton, Chief Counsel, E. M. Reidy, Associate Chief Counsel and S. R. Howell, Assistant Chief Counsel, Interstate Commerce Commission, all of Washington, D. C., for Interstate Commerce Commission.

For Intervenors in support of Defendants:

Joseph F. Johnston, Birmingham, Ala., Charles Clark, Washington, D. C., Frank W. Gwathmey, Washington, D. C., Joseph H. Hays, James W. Nisbet, Chicago, Ill., R. T. Wilson, Jr., Richmond, Va., and Carl Helmetag, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for Railroads.

Burton K. Wheeler, Edward K. Wheeler, Robert G. Seaks, J. Albert Woll, and Wheeler & Wheeler, all of Washington, D. C., for International Brotherhood of Teamsters-Chauffeurs-Warehousemen & Helpers of America.

Clarence D. Todd, Jr., Dale C. Dillor, Ralph E. Curtiss; Todd, Dillon & Curtiss, all of Washington, D. C., for Contract Carrier Conference of the American Trucking Associations.

Smith Troy, Atty. Gen., and Don Cary Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen. of the State of Washington, for the State of Washington, Amicus Curiae.

Before McCORD, Circuit Judge, and KENNAMER and LYNNE, District Judges.


LYNNE, District Judge.

Invoking the jurisdiction of this duly constituted district court of three judges pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1336, 1398, 2284, and 2321 to 2325, plaintiffs,1 consisting of three associations of truckers together with fourteen motor common carrier corporations, instituted this action to enjoin, set aside or annul an order of defendant,2 Interstate Commerce Commission...

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