ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN R. R. CO. v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 8945.

162 F.Supp. 614 (1958)

The ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants.

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

June 2, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jos. F. Johnston and Thad Holt, Jr. (of Cabaniss & Johnston), Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Victor R. Hansen, Asst. Atty. Gen., James E. Kilday and Willard R. Memler, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and W. L. Longshore, U. S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., for the U. S.

Robert W. Ginnane, General Counsel, and I. K. Hay, Associate General Counsel, Washington, D. C., for the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Moultrie Hitt, Washington, D. C., and Cooper, Mitch & Black, Birmingham, Ala., represented TAG Ry. Co.

Clarence Raymond, Louisville, Ky., and Walter C. Scott, Jr., Savannah, Ga., James A. Simpson and Sadler & Sadler, Birmingham, Ala., for Louisville & N. R. Co. and Central of Georgia Ry. Co.

Robert H. Hall, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Georgia, for the Public Service Commission of Georgia.

Strang, Fletcher, Carriger & Walker, Chattanooga, Tenn., for the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce.

W. J. Hickey, Washington, D. C., for the American Short Line R. R. Ass'n.

Before RIVES, Circuit Judge, and LYNNE and GROOMS, District Judges.


GROOMS, District Judge.

This is an action instituted under the provisions of Sections 1336, 1398, 2284, and 2321-2325 of Title 28, Section 1009 of Title 5, and Section 17(9) of Title 49, United States Code, to enjoin, annul and set aside the report and order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Division 2, in Investigation and Suspension Docket No. 6413, Cancellation of Routing— Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia...

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