TRANS-PACIFIC FREIGHT CONFERENCE OF JAPAN/KOREA v. FEDERAL MARITIME COM'N

Nos. 78-2172, 79-1062.

650 F.2d 1235 (1980)

TRANS-PACIFIC FREIGHT CONFERENCE OF JAPAN/KOREA, et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Latin America/Pacific Coast Steamship Conference, et al., Australia/Eastern U. S. A. Shipping Conference, et al., Gulf-Mediterranean Ports Conference, Gulf European Freight Assoc., Continental-US Gulf Freight, United Kingdom/USA, Intervenors. SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Gulf European Freight Association, et al., United Kingdom/USA, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Warren, Washington, D. C., with whom George A. Quadrino, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for petitioners in No. 78-2172.

Francis W. Fraser, Washington, D. C., with whom Edward M. Shea, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for petitioner in No. 79-1062.

Carol J. Neustadt, Atty., Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, D. C., with whom Edward G. Gruis, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Federal Maritime Commission, John J. Powers, III and Robert J. Wiggers, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for respondents.

Also Eliot J. Halpern and F. Conger Fawcett, San Francisco, Cal., entered appearances for intervenor, Latin America/Pacific Coast Steamship Conference, et al., in No. 78-2172.

Also Stanley O. Sher and Marc J. Fink, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for intervenor, Australia/Eastern U. S. A. Shipping Conference, et al., in No. 78-2172.

Also Edward S. Bagley, New Orleans, La., entered an appearance for intervenor, Gulf-Mediterranean Ports Conference, in No. 78-2172.

Also Patricia E. Byrne, San Francisco, Cal., and Howard A. Levy, Encino, Cal., entered appearances for intervenor, Gulf European Freight and United Kingdom/USA, et al., in No. 78-2172 and No. 79-1062.

Before ROBINSON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, and MARKEY, Chief Judge, United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILKEY.

Dissenting opinion filed by Chief Judge MARKEY.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

This case is before the court on consolidated petitions to review an order issued by the Federal Maritime Commission (the Commission), amending Part 528 of its rules dealing with standards for self-policing systems,1 pursuant to section 15 of the Shipping Act (the Act).2

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