STATE OF TEXAS, Petitioner,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, and Interstate Commerce Commission, Respondents.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 1, 1988.
February 1, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert Ozer, Anne Swenson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Gen. Litigation, State & County Affairs Div., Austin, Tex., for State of Tex.
Robert S. Burk, Gen. Counsel, I.C.C., Michael L. Martin, Edwin Meese, III, Atty. Gen., Robert B. Nicholson, John P. Fonte, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.A. & I.C.C.
Paul Rogers, Gen. Counsel, Charles D. Gray, Assoc., Washington, D.C., for Nat. Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Com'rs.
Phillip Robinson, Mert Starnes, Austin, Tex., for Central Freight Lines.
William F. Pugh, Alexandria, Va., for Nat. Mtr. Freight Traffic Ass'n.
Robin A. McHugh, Helena, Mont., for Montana.
James T. Quinn, J. Calvin Simpson, Janice E. Kerr, San Francisco, Cal., for Public Utilities Com'n of the State of Cal.
Jerry Prestridge, Austin, Tex., for Merchants Fast Motor Lines.
Hugh T. Matthews, Dallas, Tex., for Steere Tank Lines & Great Western Trucking.
Byrd R. Latham, P. Michael Cole, Asst. Attys. Gen., Athens, Ala., for Alabama Public Service Com'n.
Robert J. Higgins and Harriet Grant, Washington, D.C., for Intern. Broth. of Teamsters, etc.
Keller & Heckman, Terrence D. Jones, Washington, D.C. for Nat. American Wholesale.
William P. Jackson, Jr., Arlington, Va., Law Dept., Armstrong World Ind., Lancaster, Pa., for Armstrong and Reeves Transp. Co. of Georgia.
Kevin M. Williams, Gen. Counsel, Alexandria, Va., for Regular Common Carrier Conference.
Before POLITZ, JOHNSON and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
The Interstate Commerce Commission seeks a preliminary injunction to stay certain proceedings in a Texas state court. According to the Commission, the state proceeding concerns claims identical to those pending before this court in an appeal from a declaratory ruling made by the Commission. Convinced that the state court proceeding poses no serious threat to our jurisdiction to hear the administrative appeal, we deny the motion...
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