AMERICAN MAIL LINE, LTD. v. GULICK

No. 22091.

411 F.2d 696 (1969)

AMERICAN MAIL LINE, LTD., et al., Appellants, v. James W. GULICK et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 17, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Warner W. Gardner, Washington, D. C., for appellants. Messrs. Robert T. Basseches and David Booth Beers, Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for appellants.

Mr. Leonard Schaitman, Attorney, Department of Justice, with whom Asst. Atty. Gen. Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and John C. Eldridge, Attorney, Department of Justice, were on the brief, for appellees.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, PRETTYMAN, Senior Circuit Judge and TAMM, Circuit Judge.


TAMM, Circuit Judge:

The appellants in this action are steamship operators doing business pursuant to Title VI of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 (49 Stat. 1985, 46 U.S.C. §§ 1171-1183a (1964)). The Act allows American shipowners to apply to the United States Government for financial aid in the operation of vessels which are to be used in an essential service in the foreign commerce of the United States. This financial aid is termed "operating-differential...

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