IN RE GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION OF THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY

Misc. No. 5-60.

186 F.Supp. 298 (1960)

In the Matter of GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION OF the SHIPPING INDUSTRY.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

June 14, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Saunders, George Miron, John C. Danielson, Washington, D. C., Department of Justice, for the Government.

Charles F. Warren, Leonard James, Graham, James & Rolph, Washington, D. C., for States Marine Lines, Fred Olsen Line, Hamburg-American Line, Anglo Canadian Shipping Co., Ltd., Moller Steamship Company, Maersk Line Agency, Ivaran Lines, Overseas Shipping Co., Western Canada Steamship Co., Balfour Guthrie & Co., Holland-American Line, East Asiatic Co., North German Lloyd Italian Line, Blue Star Line, Dimond and Co., and others.

Wharton Poor, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for Maersk Line, Moller Steamship Co., Inc., Maersk Line Agency.

Morton Zuckerman, Dunn & Zuckerman, New York City, for Iino Kaium Kaisha, Ltd.

Burton H. White, New York City, for N. V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij (Nederland) and Koninklijke Rotterdamsche, Lloyd N. V. under joint service name Ned-Lloyd Line and Java Pacific Line, Inc.

George Yamaoka, Edwin Longcope, New York City, Morton Liftin, Washington, D. C., Hill, Betts & Nash, New York City, for Daido Kaisen Kaisha, Ltd., Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Mitsui S.S. Co., Ltd., Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Ltd., Norton, Lilly & Co., Inc., Osaka Shoshen Kaisha, Ltd., Wm. J. Rountree Co., Inc., Yamashita S.S. Co., Ltd.

Wharton Poor, New York City, for Ivaran Lines, Moller S. S. Co., Maersk Line.

Leonard G. James, San Francisco, Cal., for States Marine Lines, Fred Olsen Line, Hamburg-American Line and others.

Paul D. Page, Jr., Washington, D. C., for N. V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij (Nederland), and Koninklijke Rotterdamsche, Lloyd N. V. and Java Pacific Line, Inc.

Burlingham, Hupper & Kennedy, Washington, D. C., for Trans-Pacific Transp. Co., N. V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland, Koninklijke Rotterdamsche, Lloyd N. V. Java Pacific Line, Inc.


LEONARD P. WALSH, District Judge.

The Deputy Attorney General on November 24, 1959, authorized and directed that evidence of possible indictable criminal offenses which may have been committed in the ocean shipping industry be presented to a grand jury in the District of Columbia. The letter of the Deputy Attorney General reads in part as follows:

"The Department is informed that violations of the federal antitrust laws, the Shipping Act of 1916, and other...

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