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STATE OF TEXAS v. SEATRAIN INTERNATIONAL, S. A.

No. 75-1319.

518 F.2d 175 (1975)

STATE OF TEXAS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SEATRAIN INTERNATIONAL, S. A., et al., Defendants-Appellants, Southern Railway Company et al., Intervenors-Appellants, South Carolina State Ports Authority, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 1, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owen W. Cecil, Houston, Tex., Edward G. Gruis, Douglas N. Jones, Federal Maritime Comm., Neal M. Mayer, Washington, D. C., Eugene A. Spector, Philadelphia, Pa., for Seatrain Intl.

Charles A. Horsky, Michael Boudin, James L. Tapley, Washington, D. C., for So. Railway Co.

Warner F. Brock, Houston, Tex., John L. Hill, Atty. Gen. of Tex., David Hughes, Rex H. White, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

William H. Vaughan, Jr., Charleston, S. C., for S. C. State Ports Auth.

Cyrus C. Guidry, New Orleans, La., amicus curiae, for Port of New Orleans.

Peter A. Fitzpatrick, Atty., Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae, for appellants.

Before GODBOLD, Circuit Judge, SKELTON, Associate Judge, and GEE, Circuit Judge.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

The Euro-Gulf minibridge is an inter-modal transportation service offered by Seatrain International, S.A. It affords shippers in the Houston, Galveston and Beaumont areas a cargo route to and from Northern Europe alternative to the all-water route from those three ports. Minibridge handles only containerized cargo. Freight shipped via minibridge travels by rail between the Texas ports and Charleston, South Carolina, through New Orleans. Seatrain...

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