T.S.C. MOTOR FREIGHT LINES, INC. v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 12620.

186 F.Supp. 777 (1960)

T.S.C. MOTOR FREIGHT LINES, INC., and Herrin Transportation Co., Inc., Plaintiffs, and Central Freight Lines, Inc., and East Texas Motor Freight Lines, Inc., Intervening Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Interstate Commerce Commission, Southern-Plaza Express, Inc., and Strickland Transportation Co., Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

August 1, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reagan Sayers, Jerry C. Prestridge, Lloyd Scurlock, Rawlings, Sayers, Scurlock & Eidson, Fort Worth, Tex., Leroy Hallman, Phinney & Hallman, Dallas, Tex., Jack Binion, Butler, Binion, Rice & Cook, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

A. J. Watkins, Baker, Botts, Andrews & Shepherd, Houston, Tex., Phillip Robinson, Smith, Robinson & Starnes, Austin, Tex., for intervening plaintiffs.

Roger A. Clark, Washington, D. C., Robert A. Bicks, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., William B. Butler, U. S. Atty., S. D., Texas, Houston, Tex., for defendant, United States.

Robert W. Ginnane, Gen. Counsel, James Y. Piper, Asst. Gen. Counsel, I. C. C., Washington, D. C., for defendant Interstate Commerce Commission.

Ewell H. Muse, Jr., Austin, Tex., W. N. Arnold, Jr., Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., for defendant Strickland Transp. Co.

Clarence D. Todd, Todd, Dillon & Singer, Washington, D. C., Dwight H. Austin, Liddell, Austin, Dawson & Huggins, Houston, Tex., Charles F. Riddle, Todd, Dillon & Singer, Washington, D. C., for defendant Southern-Plaza Express, Inc.

Before BROWN, Circuit Judge, and CONNALLY and INGRAHAM, District Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

This is an action by four motor carriers (TSC, Herrin, Central and East Texas)1 to set aside certificates of public convenience and necessity, issued under § 207(a) of the ICC Act, 49 U.S.C.A. § 307(a), authorizing two additional motor carriers (Southern-Plaza and Strickland)2 to operate between Houston and New Orleans.3 We uphold the

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