MITCHELL BROS. TRUCK LINES v. UNITED STATES

Civ. Nos. 70-618, 70-865.

327 F.Supp. 796 (1971)

MITCHELL BROS. TRUCK LINES et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America and the Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants, and Dealers Transit, Inc., a corporation, et al., Intervening Defendants. ASHWORTH TRANSFER, INC., a corporation, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America and the Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants, and Dealers Transit, Inc., a corporation, et al., Intervening Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

May 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell M. Allen, Norman E. Sutherland and William F. White, White, Sutherland & Gilbertson, Portland, Or., for plaintiffs Mitchell Bros. Transfer and others and Ashworth Transfer and others.

Keith E. Taylor and Gordon L. Roberts, Parsons, Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiffs Ashworth Transfer and others.

Richard W. McLaren, Asst. Atty. Gen., John H. D. Wigger, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Sidney I. Lezak, U. S. Atty., Portland, Or., for defendant United States.

Fritz R. Kahn, Gen. Counsel, Charles H. White, Jr., Atty., I.C.C., Washington, D. C., for defendant I.C.C.

Donald A. Schafer, Hardy Myers, Jr., Rives, Bonyhadi, Hall & Epstein, Portland, Or., for all intervening defendants.

James M. Doherty, Doherty & Robertson, Austin, Tex., for intervening defendant J. H. Rose Truck Line.

Max G. Morgan, Morgan, Dykeman & Williamson, Oklahoma City, Okl., for intervening defendant Tri-State Motor Transit Co.

Alan Foss, Van Osdel, Foss, Johnson & Miller, Fargo, N. D., for intervening defendant International Transport, Inc.

Robert E. Joyner, Wrape & Hernly, Memphis, Tenn., for intervening defendant Dealers Transit.

Before MERRILL, Circuit Judge, and SOLOMON and GOODWIN, District Judges.


OPINION

ALFRED T. GOODWIN, District Judge:

Plaintiffs Mitchell and Ashworth brought these actions in Oregon and Utah respectively to set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission granting four intervening defendants authority to transport "size and weight" commodities throughout various Western states. The challenged order is reported in Dealers Transit, Inc., Ext.—Eight Western States, 110 M.C.C. 317 (1969).

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