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UNITED STATES v. CHICAGO EXPRESS, INC.

Cr. No. 18041.

172 F.Supp. 613 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. CHICAGO EXPRESS, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Illinois.

March 30, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford M. Raemer, U. S. Atty., Eastern Dist. of Illinois, James B. Moses, Asst. U. S. Atty., Eastern Dist. of Illinois, East St. Louis, Ill., for plaintiff.

Paul W. Lashly, St. Louis, Mo., for defendant.

JUERGENS, District Judge.

An inspector of the Interstate Commerce Commission stopped defendant's tractor-trailer unit on Illinois Route 3 about ¾ mile north of Monsanto Chemical Company plant, after the vehicle had been loaded with 33,210 pounds of paranitroanaline solid, a dangerous poison, a product of Monsanto. The truck was not placarded with warning signs as required by valid regulation of the Interstate Commerce Commission (49 CFR 77.823).

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