GOVERNMENT OF GUAM v. FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

No. 17488.

329 F.2d 251 (1964)

The GOVERNMENT OF GUAM, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Pacific Far East Line, Inc., American President Lines, Ltd., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Eugene L. Stewart, Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Mr. Jon Magnusson, Atty., Federal Maritime Commission, with whom Mr. James L. Pimper, Gen. Counsel, and Mr. Robert E. Mitchell, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Federal Maritime Commission, and Messrs. Robert L. Wright and Irwin A. Seibel, Attys., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for respondents.

Mr. Mark P. Schlefer, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. J. Lovering Truscott, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for intervenor Pacific Far East Line, Inc.

Mr. Alfred L. Scanlan, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Warner W. Gardner, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for intervenor American President Lines, Ltd.

Before PRETTYMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and WILBUR K. MILLER and McGOWAN, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is a petition to review an order of the Federal Maritime Commission approving two rate increases for the transportation of commodities by water between the United States and Guam. The petitioner is the Government of Guam. The transportation companies involved are the Pacific Far East Line, Inc., and the American President Lines, Ltd. They are intervenors in this court.

Approximately half the population of Guam consists...

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