PUBLIC SERVICE COM'N OF WEST VIRGINIA v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 73-175.

365 F.Supp. 6 (1973)

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA, Plaintiff, and Appalachian Power Company and National Steel Corporation, Intervening Plaintiffs, v. The UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants, and The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company et al., Intervening Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. West Virginia, Charleston Division.

October 12, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Lee, Gen. Counsel, Cassius H. Toon, Atty., Public Service Commn., Charleston, W. Va., for plaintiff, Public Service Commission of West Virginia.

F. Paul Chambers, Jackson, Kelly, Holt & O'Farrell, Charleston, W. Va., and Walter J. Myskowski, Washington, D. C., for intervening plaintiff, Appalachian Power Co.

F. Paul Chambers, W. Warren Upton, Jackson, Kelly, Holt & O'Farrell, Charleston, W. Va., and Charles W. Chapman, Washington, D. C., for intervening plaintiff, National Steel Corp.

Thomas E. Kauper, Asst. Atty. Gen., John H. D. Wigger, Atty. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., John A. Field, III, U. S. Atty. and Robert B. King, Asst. U. S. Atty., Charleston, W. Va., for defendant, United States.

Fritz R. Kahn, Gen. Counsel, Hanford O'Hara, Atty., Richard H. Streeter, Atty., Interstate Commerce Commn., Washington, D. C., for defendant, Interstate Commerce Commn.

Edward W. Eardley, Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, W. Va., Richard W. Kienle, Roanoke, Va., Charles N. Marshall, Baltimore, Md., for intervening defendants, The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co., Norfolk & Western Railway Co., Western Maryland Railway Co., and Penn Central Transportation Co. (George P. Baker, Richard C. Bond, and Jervis Langdon, Jr., Trustees).

Paul Rodgers, Gen. Counsel, Sumner J. Katz, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Walter Kurylo, Deputy Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., for National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, amicus curiae.

Before FIELD, Circuit Judge, KNAPP, Chief District Judge, and HALL, District Judge.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PER CURIAM.

In this action plaintiff, Public Service Commission of West Virginia, a state public utility regulatory agency, hereinafter sometimes identified as PSC, complains that a report and orders of the defendant, Interstate Commerce Commission, a public utility regulatory agency of the federal government, hereinafter at times identified as ICC, involving intrastate freight rates in West Virginia, are unlawful, arbitrary...

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