ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. RISS & COMPANY

No. 15019.

267 F.2d 659 (1959)

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe Railway Company et al., Petitioners, v. RISS AND COMPANY, Inc., Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

May 19, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Francis M. Shea, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Lawrence J. Latto and Richard T. Conway, Washington, D. C., were on the pleadings, for petitioner Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. and certain other petitioners, argued for all petitioners.

Mr. Charles T. Abeles, Richmond, Va., was also on the pleadings for Seaboard Air Line R. Co.

Mr. Henry L. Walker, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for Southern Ry. Co. and certain other petitioners.

Messrs. Hugh B. Cox and James H. McGlothlin, Washington, D. C., were on the pleadings for the Baltimore & O. R. Co. and certain other petitioners.

Messrs. Stuart S. Ball, Richard J. Flynn and Joseph D. Feeney, Jr., Chicago, Ill., were on the pleadings for petitioner Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. and certain other petitioners.

Mr. J. Raymond Hoover, Washington, D. C., was on the pleadings for Grand Trunk Western R. Co. and Central Vermont Ry., Inc.

Messrs. H. Graham Morison and Newell A. Clapp, Washington, D. C., were on the pleadings for petitioner Louisville & N. R. Co.

Messrs. John D. Lane and Fred S. Gilbert, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the pleadings for petitioners Boston & M. R. and New York, N. H. & H. R. Co.

Mr. Martin A. Meyer, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the pleadings for petitioner Virginian Ry. Co.

Mr. Edward K. Wheeler, Washington, D. C., was on the pleadings for petitioners Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. and New York Cent. R. Co.

Mr. Robert L. Wright, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. A. Alvis Layne, Jr. and Lester M. Bridgeman, Washington, D. C., were on the pleadings, for respondent.

Before BAZELON, BASTIAN, and BURGER, Circuit Judges, in Chambers.


PER CURIAM.

This case came on for consideration on petitioners' motion for leave to file a petition for writ of certiorari and on the petition for writ of certiorari and said motion and petition were argued by counsel.

It appearing that the petition for writ of certiorari has been lodged with the clerk, it is

Ordered by the court that the petition for writ of certiorari shall be filed.

In response to a previous petition of the same nature by...

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