WILSON & CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 14269.

335 F.2d 788 (1964)

WILSON & CO., Inc., Swift & Company, and Armour and Company, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES of America and Federal Communications Commission, Respondents, Aeronautical Radio, Inc., The Western Union Telegraph Company, and American Telephone and Telegraph Company, et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

August 14, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Bane, Arthur C. Gehr, Sharon L. King, Robert Wood Tullis, Kenneth K. Howell, Edward E. Gibson, James E. Knox, Jr., Chicago, Ill., Isham, Lincoln & Beale, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for petitioners.

Lionel Kestenbaum, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Daniel R. Ohlbaum, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D. C., William H. Orrick, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., George R. Kucik, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Max D. Paglin, Gen. Counsel, Michael Finkelstein, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D. C., for respondents.

Howard J. Trienens, Chicago, Ill., Horace P. Moulton, John F. Preston, Jr., Ernest D. North, George E. Ashley, New York City, Kenneth F. Burgess, Howard P. Robinson, Gary L. Cowan, Chicago, Ill., Sidley, Austin, Burgess & Smith, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for American Telephone and Telegraph Company and Bell System Associated Companies.

John R. Baskin, Cleveland, Ohio, Joseph Du Coeur, Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffetz & Masters, Chicago, Ill., Baker, Hostetler & Patterson, Cleveland, Ohio, of counsel, for intervenor American Newspaper Publishers Association, Inc.

Joseph Du Coeur, Chicago, Ill., Kelley E. Griffith, Washington, D. C., for intervenor United Press International, Inc.

William A. McSwain, Chicago, Ill., Herbert G. Telsey, New York City, Roy W. Sears, Eckhart, McSwain, Hassell & Husum, Chicago, Ill., John H. Waters, New York City, of counsel, for The Western Union Telegraph Company, Intervenor.

Donald C. Beelar, Charles R. Cutler, Washington, D. C., for Aeronautical Radio, Inc.

Before KNOCH, KILEY and SWYGERT, Circuit Judges.


SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

This petition for review, filed pursuant to section 402(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 402(a) and section 4 of the Judicial Review Act of 1950, 5 U.S.C. § 1034, seeks to invalidate the orders of the Federal Communications Commission prescribing rates for private line telephone and telegraph services furnished by American Telephone & Telegraph Company and associated companies1 and...

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