MEAT PACKERS EXPRESS, INC. v. UNITED STATES

Civ. 740L.

244 F.Supp. 642 (1965)

MEAT PACKERS EXPRESS, INC., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants, Midwest Coast Transport, Inc., and Colonial & Pacific Frigidways, Inc., Intervening Defendants.

United States District Court D. Nebraska.

August 3, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Peterson, of Nelson, Harding & Acklie, Lincoln, Neb., for plaintiff.

Thomas H. Ploss, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants United States and I. C. C.

Marshall D. Becker, Omaha, Neb., for intervening defendants, Midwest Coast Transport, Inc. and Colonial & Pacific Frigidways, Inc.

Before JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge, and ROBINSON and VAN PELT, District Judges.


VAN PELT, District Judge.

Meat Packers Express, Inc. (plaintiff or Meat Packers) requested authority from the Interstate Commerce Commission (Commission) to operate over irregular routes as a contract carrier in accordance with the provisions of Section 209 of the Interstate Commerce Act. (49 U.S.C. § 309). Meat Packers proposes to operate as a contract carrier for Farmbest, Inc. of Denison, Iowa (Farmbest), and in...

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