CAROLINA FREIGHT CARRIERS CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES

No. 2365.

297 F.Supp. 848 (1969)

CAROLINA FREIGHT CARRIERS CORPORATION, a corporation, Cherryville, North Carolina; Mercury Motor Express, Inc., a corporation, Tampa, Florida; and Johnson Motor Lines, Inc., a corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, Plaintiffs, and R-C Motor Lines, Inc., a corporation, Jacksonville, Florida; Georgia-Florida-Alabama Transportation Company, Inc., a corporation, Dothan, Alabama; and P. C. White Truck Line, Inc., a corporation, Dothan, Alabama, Intervening Plaintiffs, v. The UNITED STATES of Amercia and the Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants, and Alterman Transport Lines, Inc., a corporation, Miami, Florida, Intervening Defendant.

United States District Court W. D. North Carolina, Charlotte Division.

March 18, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hall Morrison Johnston, Jr., McCleneghan, Miller, Creasy & Johnston, Charlotte, N. C., James E. Wilson, David C. Venable, Jon F. Hollengreen, McInnis, Wilson, Munson & Woods, Washington, D. C., for Carolina Freight Carriers Corporation, a corporation, Cherryville, North Carolina; Mercury Motor Express, Inc., a corporation, Tampa, Florida; and Johnson Motor Lines, Inc., a corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, plaintiffs.

J. Edward Allen, Glickstein, Crenshaw, Glickstein, Hulsey & Fay, Jacksonville, Fla., and Joseph M. Griffin, Griffin & Gerdes, Charlotte, N. C., for R-C Motor Lines, Inc., a corporation, Jacksonville, Florida, intervening plaintiff.

John P. Carlton, Bishop & Carlton, Birmingham, Ala., counsel for Georgia-Florida-Alabama Transportation Company, Inc., a corporation, Dothan, Alabama; and P. C. White Truck Line, Inc., a corporation, Dothan, Alabama, intervening plaintiffs.

Edwin M. Zimmerman, Asst.Atty. Gen., and John H. D. Wigger, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C.; William Medford, U. S. Atty., Asheville, N. C.; and Joseph R. Cruciani, Asst. U. S. Atty., Charlotte, N. C., for the United States, defendant.

Robert W. Ginnane, Gen. Counsel, and John E. Faulk, Atty., Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C., counsel for the Interstate Commerce Commission, defendant.

Francis O. Clarkson, Jr., Craighill, Rendleman & Clarkson, Charlotte, N. C., Paul M. Daniell and Alan E. Serby, Watkins, Daniell, Davis & Serby, Atlanta, Ga., for Alterman Transport Lines, Inc., intervening defendant.

Before CRAVEN, Circuit Judge, JONES, Chief District Judge and McMILLAN, District Judge.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL

McMILLAN, District Judge:

Plaintiffs, motor carriers, seek in this suit to set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission (I.C.C. No. MC 107107, Sub. No. 343). awarding a certificate of public convenience and necessity to Alterman Transport Lines, Inc., to haul freight by truck between Charlotte, North Carolina and Florida.

We affirm the Commission and dismiss the suit.

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