INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT, INC. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 2136, 2141 and 2144.

337 F.Supp. 985 (1972)

INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT, INC., Plaintiff, C & H Transportation Co., Inc., and J. H. Rose Truck Line, Inc., Intervening Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants (two cases). LEONARD BROS. TRUCKING CO., Inc., Plaintiff, C & H Transportation Co., Inc., and J. H. Rose Truck Line, Inc., Intervening Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Missouri, Southwestern Division.

January 21, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl Schmidt, Morrison, Hecker, Cozad, Morrison & Curtis, Kansas City, Mo., Van Osdel, Foss, Johnson & Miller, Fargo, N. D., Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., for International Transport Inc.

Helliwell, Melrose & DeWolf, Miami, Fla., Turney & Turney, Washington, D. C., for Leonard Bros. Trucking Co., Inc.

Stephen P. Murphy, Kansas City, Mo., for Munitions Carriers Conference, Inc.

Lawrence R. Brown, Stinson, Mag, Thomson, McEvers & Fizzell, Kansas City, Mo., for Tri-State Motor Transit Co., Hughes Transportation, Inc., Riss & Co., Inc. and C. I. Whitten Transfer Co.

Shelby Highsmith, Miami, Fla., Rice, Carpenter, & Carraway, Washington, D. C., for Regular Common Carriers Conference.

J. Thomas Cardwell, Orlando, Fla., for Gateway Transportation Co., Inc.

Calvin K. Hamilton and Paul A. White, Asst. U. S. Attys., Kansas City, Mo., John D. Wigger, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Justice, Manny H. Smith, Washington, D. C., I.C.C., for the United States and I.C.C.


HUNTER, District Judge.

This proceeding concerns the right of the respondent heavy-hauler, International Transport, Inc., to transport 500 and 750 pound bombs on pallets each of which, when loaded, weigh in excess of 3,000 and 1,700 pounds respectively, pursuant to its motor common carrier authority to haul commodities which because of size or weight require the use of special equipment. Two prior reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission found that International...

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