CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL & P. R. CO. v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 58-C-77.

182 F.Supp. 81 (1960)

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Plaintiff, Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, National Livestock Producers Association, American National Cattlemen's Association, National Wool Growers Association, and Chicago Producers Commission Association, Intervening Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Interstate Commerce Commission, Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company, Great Northern Railway Company, and Northern Pacific Railway Company, Defendants, Oregon Electric Railway Company, Oregon Trunk Railway, Chicago and North Western Railway Company, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, and The Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Company, Intervening Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Wisconsin.

March 25, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. R. Eckersall, E. O. Schiewe, R. K. Merrill, Chicago, Ill., B. E. Lutterman, Seattle, Wash., R. S. Trump, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff.

Charles W. Bucy, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Leonard M. Shinn, Joseph E. Quin, Attys., Office of the Gen. Counsel, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., for intervening plaintiff, Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture.

Lee J. Quasey, Chicago, Ill., for intervening plaintiffs, National Livestock Producers Ass'n, American National Cattlemen's Ass'n, National Wool Growers Ass'n, and Chicago Producers Commission Ass'n.

Victor R. Hansen, Asst. Atty. Gen., James E. Kilday, Charles R. Esherick, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Edward G. Minor, U. S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant, United States.

Robert W. Ginnane, Gen. Counsel, C. H. Johns, Jr., Associate Gen. Counsel, Arthur J. Cerra, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C., for defendant, Interstate Commerce Commission.

M. L. Countryman, Jr., G. Zan Golden, Anthony Kane, L. E. Torinus, Jr., St. Paul, Minn., John S. Best, Milwaukee, Wis., Charles A. Hart, Fletcher Rockwood, Portland, Or., for defendants, Spokane, Portland and Seattle R. Co., Great Northern R. Co., and Northern Pacific R. Co., and for intervening defendants, Oregon Electric R. Co. and Oregon Trunk R. Michael, Spohn, Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, Wis., Hart, Rockwood, Davies, Biggs & Strayer, Portland, Or., of counsel.

E. H. Borgelt, Milwaukee, Wis., J. A. Gillen, Russell B. James, Jordan Jay Hillman, Carl McGowan, Fred O. Steadry, Thomas I. Megan, Chicago, Ill., Richard Musenbrock, Minneapolis, Minn., for intervening defendants, Chicago and North Western R. Co., Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. Co., Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific R. Co., and Minneapolis & St. Louis R. Co. Wickham, Borgelt, Skogstad & Powell, Milwaukee, Wis., of counsel.

Before HASTINGS, Chief Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals, TEHAN, Chief Judge, and GRUBB, District Judge.


GRUBB, District Judge.

This action was brought by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company against the United States of America, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company, the Great Northern Railway Company, and the Northern Pacific Railway Company under 28 United States Code, Sections 1336, 1398, 2284, and 2321-2325, inclusive, to set aside and enjoin an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission dated...

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