STOTT v. UNITED STATES


166 F.Supp. 851 (1958)

Gordon D. STOTT and Paul W. Zeckhausen, a Protective Committee for Minority Stockholders of The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants, and Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company and The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, Intervening Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

October 8, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Nager, New York City, Charles E. Boles, Newell Blair, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs. Fennelly, Eagan, Nager & Lage, New York City, J. W. McWilliams, Claude B. Wagoner, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

Victor R. Hansen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty., New York City, James E. Kilday, E. Riggs McConnell, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Robert W. Ginnane, Gen. Counsel, I. C.C., Washington, D. C., for Interstate Commerce Commission.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, W. L. Grubbs, Louisville, Ky., for intervening defendants. Bruce Bromley, New York City, R. W. Henriott, Louisville, Ky., John F. Hunt, Jr., New York City, J. L. Lenihan, Louisville, Ky., William H. Swiggart, Nashville, Tenn., of counsel.

Before MEDINA, Circuit Judge, and HERLANDS and BRYAN, District Judges.


FREDERICK van PELT BRYAN, District Judge.

This is an action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1336, 1398, 2284 and 2321-2325, and under 5 U.S.C.A. § 1009, to annul and set aside, in part, an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission and for an injunction against its enforcement.

The order approved the merger of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, a Tennessee corporation, hereafter referred to as the Tennessee company, into the Louisville...

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