PAC. COAST EUROPEAN CONFERENCE v. FEDERAL MARITIME

No. 74-2509.

537 F.2d 333 (1976)

PACIFIC COAST EUROPEAN CONFERENCE and its member lines, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Nolan (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner.

Edward G. Gruis, Deputy Gen. Counsel (argued), Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, D. C., for respondents.

Before CHAMBERS and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and SWEIGERT, District Judge.


ALFRED T. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

The Pacific Coast European Conference (PCEC) petitions for relief from a cease-and-desist order of the Federal Maritime Commission entered under the Commission's statutory authority to regulate transportation rates.

The controversy arises out of the sale of cotton in 1972 to a purchaser in Spain. Spanish law apparently required the purchaser to ship the cotton on Spanish vessels. The exporters accordingly sold the cotton f...

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