RISS & CO. v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 7694.

117 F.Supp. 296 (1952)

RISS & CO., Inc. v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States District Court W. D. Missouri, W. D.

July 18, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. A. Layne, Jr., Washington, D. C., John B. Gage, John H. Kreamer, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiff (H. Charles Ephraim, Washington, D. C., on the brief).

William J. Hickey, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., for the United States. (James E. Kilday, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., Newell A. Clapp, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., and Sam M. Wear, U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., on the brief).

Allen Crenshaw, Associate Chief Counsel, Washington, D. C., for Interstate Commerce Commission (Edward M. Reidy, Chief Counsel, Washington, D. C., on the brief).

Lewin W. Wickes, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., Francis J. Steinbrecher, Chicago, Ill., Walter A. Renz, New York City, and Henry W. Fox, Kansas City, Mo., for interveners (James W. Nisbet, Chicago, Ill., and Lathrop, Woodson & Parker, Kansas City, Mo., on the brief).

Before STONE, Circuit Judge, and DUNCAN and RIDGE, District Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Riss and Company, Inc. is an extensive motor carrier operating under various certificates bearing the general Commission docket number designation of MC-200. Among such certificates is MC-200 (Sub-No. 60TA), which is a temporary certificate to transport "Dangerous Explosives, * * *". A number of railroads filed (February 27, 1952), with the Commission, a "Petition for Issuance of a Cease and Desist Order" against Riss to cease and desist from operating...

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