ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RY. CO. v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 9881(1).

130 F.Supp. 76 (1955)

The ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Interstate Commerce Commission, et al., Defendants.

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

April 5, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert E. Schoenbeck, St. Louis, Mo., Eugene E. Anderson, Jr. and J. Raymond Clark, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Jos. H. Hays, Amos M. Mathews, James W. Nisbet, Ed White and J. D. Feeney, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Isaac K. Hay, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C. (Edward M. Reidy, Gen. Counsel, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for Interstate Commerce Commission.

Robert D. Evans, John R. Green, II (Green, Hennings, Henry & Evans), St. Louis, Mo., and Floyd F. Shields, Chicago, Ill., for defendants C. & R. Trans. Inc., John Ruan, William Drohan and Daniel D. Carmell, trustees of Keeshin Freight Lines, Inc., debtor and subsidiary debtors, Keeshin Motor Express Co. Inc., Seaboard Freight Lines, Inc., National Freight Lines, Inc., and Keeshin Freight Lines, Inc., and defendant Freuhauf Trailer Co.

James E. Kilday and Charles S. Sullivan, Jr., Spe. Assts. to the Atty. Gen., Stanley N. Barnes, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Harry Richards, U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for the United States.

Before SANBORN, Circuit Judge, MOORE, Chief Judge, and HARPER, District Judge.


MOORE, Chief Judge.

This is an action brought under Sections 1336, 1398, 2284, and 2321 to 2325 of Title 28 U.S.Code to set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission authorizing defendant C & R Trans., Inc. to acquire control of defendant Keeshin Freight Lines, Inc. and its subsidiary motor carriers, and further authorizing the issuance of certain securities for the financing of such acquisition, which, it is alleged, will place control in defendants...

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