SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC. v. FEDERAL MARITIME COM'N

No. 79-2493.

653 F.2d 544 (1981)

SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Seatrain International S. A., Hapag-Lloyd A. G., et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. McElligott, Washington, D. C., with whom Neal M. Mayer, Peter J. King and Paul D. Coleman, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for petitioner and Intervenor, Seatrain International S. A.

Edward G. Gruis, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, D. C., with whom John C. Cunningham, Atty., Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for respondents. Sanford M. Litvack, John J. Powers, III, Robert J. Wiggers and Robert B. Nicholson, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for respondent, United States of America.

Edward Schmeltzer, Washington, D. C., with whom George J. Weiner, Annandale, Va., was on the brief, for Intervenor, Hapag-Lloyd A. G., et al.

Before McGOWAN, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Chief Judge McGOWAN.

McGOWAN, Chief Judge:

Sea-Land Service, Inc. ("Sea-Land") petitions for review of a Federal Maritime Commission order modifying the Initial Decision of an Administrative Law Judge which had approved two agreements allowing for joint commercial activity among common carriers. These agreements were the product of negotiation and compromise between the parties to the agreements, on the one hand, and various...

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