A. L. MECHLING BARGE LINES, INC. v. UNITED STATES

No. 61 C 169.

209 F.Supp. 744 (1962)

A. L. MECHLING BARGE LINES, INC., et al. v. UNITED STATES of America, Interstate Commerce Commission, et al.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

September 18, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Hayes and Wilbur Legg, Chicago, Ill., for A. L. Mechling Barge Lines, Inc.

Richard M. Freeman and Harold E. Spencer, Chicago, Ill., for Chicago Board of Trade.

H. Neil Garson, Associate General Counsel, Robert W. Ginnane, General Counsel, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C., John H. D. Wigger, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for Interstate Commerce Commission.

Richard J. Murphy, Chicago, Ill., for New York Cent. R. Co.

Leo P. Day, Chicago, Ill., Elevator Operator.

Before KILEY, Circuit Judge, and HOFFMAN and AUSTIN, District Judges.


AUSTIN, District Judge.

This is a suit by Mechling Barge Lines, Inc., a common carrier, and several grain elevator operators served by barges, to set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The order continued in existence a reduced rail rate for corn and corn products transported on the New York Central Belt Line. The Chicago Board of Trade was permitted to intervene as a plaintiff and the New York Central Railroad and several grain elevator operators...

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