FORD MOTOR CO. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 77-1977, 77-2093 and 77-2095.

569 F.2d 196 (1977)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Petitioner in No. 77-1977, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Respondents, Rocky Mountain Motor Tariff Bureau, Inc., Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc., Middle Atlantic Conference, Intervenors. The NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC LEAGUE, Petitioner in No. 77-2093, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Respondents, Middle Atlantic Conference, Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc., Intervenors. JONES TRANSFER COMPANY, Central Transport, Inc., Earl C. Smith, Inc., Inter-City Trucking Service, Inc., Ogden & Moffett Company, U. S. Truck Company, Inc., and White Star Trucking Inc., Petitioners in No. 77-2095, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Shenefield, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Bruce E. Fein, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Mark L. Evans, Gen. Counsel, Frederick W. Read, III, Associate Gen. Counsel, Ellen K. Schall, Atty., I. C. C., Washington, D. C., for the Interstate Commerce Commission and the United States.

David R. Larrouy, Harry Gibson, Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., Jack R. Turney, Jr., Robert R. Redmon, J. William Cain, Jr., Washington, D. C., for petitioner Ford Motor Co.

John F. Donelan, Frederic L. Wood, Renee D. Rysdahl, Donelan, Cleary, Wood & Maser, Washington, D. C., of counsel, Dennis J. Helfman, Detroit, Mich., for the Nat. Industrial Traffic League.

William E. Kenworthy, Gerald W. Hess, Denver, Colo., for Rocky Mountain Motor Tariff Bureau, Inc.

Robert E. Born, Atlanta, Ga., of counsel, Born & May, P. C., Atlanta, Ga., for Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc.

Bryce Rea, Jr., Patrick McEligot, Washington, D. C., of counsel, Rea, Cross & Auchincloss, Washington, D. C., for Middle Atlantic Conference.

Before ALDISERT and WEIS, Circuit Judges, and CHRISTENSEN, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

Various petitions for review have been consolidated to present the question whether certain orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission in Ex-Parte No. MC-88, Detention of Motor Vehicles Nationwide, 124 M.C.C. 680 (1976); 126 M.C.C. 803 (1977), reflect conclusions that "are rationally supported", United States v. Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp., 406 U.S. 742, 749, 92 S.Ct. 1941...

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