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COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO v. FEDERAL MARITIME BD.

Nos. 15846, 15847.

288 F.2d 419 (1961)

COMMONWEALTH of PUERTO RICO, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL MARITIME BOARD and United States of America, Respondents, United States Atlantic & Gulf-Puerto Rico Conference, et al., Waterman Steamship Corporation and Waterman Steamship Corporation of Puerto Rico, Intervenors. UNITED STATES ATLANTIC & GULF-PUERTO RICO CONFERENCE, et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL MARITIME BOARD and United States of America, Respondents, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 23, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William D. Rogers, Washington, D. C., for petitioner in No. 15846. Mr. George Bunn, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for petitioner in No. 15846.

Mr. Mark P. Schlefer, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. T. S. L. Perlman, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for petitioner in No. 15847.

Mr. Edward Aptaker, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Federal Maritime Bd., with whom Messrs. James L. Pimper, Gen. Counsel, and Robert E. Mitchell, Asst. Gen. Counsel, were on the brief, for respondent Federal Maritime Bd.

Mr. Henry Geller, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Mr. Richard A. Solomon, Atty., Dept. of Justice, was on a statement filed in behalf of respondent United States of America.

Messrs. Warren Price, Jr., Washington, D. C., and Sterling F. Stoudenmire, Jr., Mobile, Ala., were on the brief for intervenors Waterman Steamship Corp. and Waterman Steamship Corp. of Puerto Rico in No. 15846.

Before EDGERTON, PRETTYMAN and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

We are asked to review a Federal Maritime Board ruling of April 28, 1960, that certain large rate increases for carriage of cargo between Puerto Rico and ports on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States are just and reasonable.1

In a report which accompanied its order the Board said: "We find that value of the vessels on the domestic market at or about the time the rate increase is requested with adjustments...

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