COMET ELECTRONICS, INC. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 20405-1, 20694-1, 73 Civ. 2-W-1.

381 F.Supp. 1233 (1974)

COMET ELECTRONICS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, and Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants. TRANS-MARK SERVICES, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants. GEORGE T. COOK, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants.

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

September 17, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore C. Beckett, Morris, Foust, Moudy & Beckett, Kansas City, Mo., for Comet Electronics.

Landon H. Rowland, Watson, Ess, Marshall & Enggas, Kansas City, Mo., for Trans-Mark Services, Inc.

Donald F. Martin, Blackwell, Sanders, Matheny, Weary & Lombardi, Kansas City, Mo., for Geo. T. Cook, Inc.

Fritz R. Kahn, Gen. Counsel, ICC, Irving Jaffe, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Carla A. Hills, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harland F. Leathers, David C. Shonka, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Bert C. Hurn, U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., for the Government.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JOHN W. OLIVER, District Judge.

The pending cases involve challenges to subpoenas issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission to several persons not parties to a pending Commission investigation. The matter presently pends on defendants' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, Or, In the Alternative, For Summary Judgment.

For the reasons stated below, we conclude that defendants' motion must be granted.

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