WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 41779.

230 F.Supp. 852 (1964)

The WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

June 22, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter G. Treanor, E. L. Van Dellen, R. W. Bridges, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs Western Pac. R. Co., Sacramento Northern Ry. and Tidewater Southern Ry. Co.

William H. Orrick, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Cecil F. Poole, U. S. Atty., Charles Elmer Collett, Asst. U. S. Atty., for defendant United States of America.

Robert W. Ginnane, General Counsel, Robert S. Burk, Attorney, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C., for intervenor Interstate Commerce Commission.

Charles W. Burkett, W. Harney Wilson, San Francisco, Cal., for intervenor Southern Pac. Co.

Vaughan, Paul & Lyons, Varnum Paul, San Francisco, Cal., Earl F. Requa, Frank S. Farrell, St. Paul, Minn., for intervenor Northern Pac. Ry. Co., Camas Prairie R. Co. and Walla Walla Valley Ry. Co.

F. J. Melia, J. H. Anderson, William P. Higgins, Omaha, Neb., Robert N. Lowry, San Francisco, Cal., for intervenor Union Pac. R. Co.

No appearance for intervenor Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co.

Before MERRILL, Circuit Judge, and SWEIGERT and ZIRPOLI, District Judges.


ZIRPOLI, District Judge.

This is an action brought under the Judicial Code, Sections 1336, 1398, 2284 and 2321 through 2325 of Title 28 United States Code, to enjoin, annul and set aside a report and order of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The plaintiffs, Western Pacific Railroad and its subsidiaries,1 claim that the defendants2 are engaged in discriminatory...

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