CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE v. UNITED STATES

No. 12280.

223 F.2d 348 (1955)

CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Federal Communications Commission, Respondents, Western Union Telegraph Company, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Kelley E. Griffith, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Herbert J. Miller, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Warren E. Baker, Gen. Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, with whom Mr. Charles H. Weston, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., and Mr. J. Smith Henley, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Harrison, Ark., were on the brief, for respondents. Mr. Richard A. Solomon, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, and Mr. Stanley S. Neustadt, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, New York City, entered appearances for respondent Federal Communications Commission.

Mr. William Wendt, New York City, of the bar of the Court of Appeals of New York, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Messrs. John H. Waters, New York City, and Dale D. Drain, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for intervenor.

Before PRETTYMAN, BAZELON and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition for review of an order of the Federal Communications Commission, which terminated an investigation into the reasonableness of new rates proposed to be charged by the Western Union Telegraph Company for certain leased facilities. The order permitted new tariff schedules, requiring the increased charges, to go into effect.

Western Union offers to the public for lease certain facilities, which consist in this instance...

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