REFRIGERATED TRANSPORT CO. v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 13292.

313 F.Supp. 880 (1970)

REFRIGERATED TRANSPORT CO., Inc., Alterman Transport Lines, Inc., Clay Hyder Trucking Lines, Inc., Watkins Motor Lines, Inc., Tompkins Motor Lines, Inc., Argo-Collier Truck Lines, Inc., Central and Southern Truck Lines, Inc., Indiana Refrigerator Lines, Inc. (order of 3/31/70) v. The UNITED STATES of America and the Interstate Commerce Commission, Spencer Packing Company, Needham Packing Company, American Beef Company, Raskin Packing Company, Farmbest, Inc., Missouri Beef Packers, Inc., Mid States Packing Company and Iowa Beef Packers, Inc. (order of 3/31/70); John Morrell & Co., Geo. A. Hormel & Co. and Oscar Mayer & Co. (order of 3/31/70).

United States District Court, N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

On Motion for Reconsideration June 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Watkins, Daniell, Davis & Serby, Atlanta, Ga., Langston & Massey, Lakeland, Fla., Singer, Lippman & Hardman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

John H. D. Wigger, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Richard W. McLaren, Asst. Atty. Gen., John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., for the United States.

Jerome E. Sharfman, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C., Robert W. Ginnane, Gen. Counsel, for Interstate Commerce Commission.

Kilpatrick, Cody, Rogers, McClatchey & Regenstein, George B. Haley, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., and Jacob P. Billig, Norman C. Barnett, William L. Gardner, Washington, D. C., for intervenors as parties defendants, John Morrell & Co., Geo. A. Hormel & Co. and Oscar Mayer & Co.

Alston, Miller & Gaines, Atlanta, Ga., Eugene D. Anderson, Washington, D. C., for intervenors as defendants, Spencer Packing Co., Needham Packing Co., American Beef Co., Raskin Packing Co., Farmbest, Inc., Missouri Beef Packers, Inc., Mid States Packing Co., and Iowa Beef Packers, Inc.

Before BELL, Circuit Judge, and HOOPER and EDENFIELD, District Judges.


EDENFIELD, District Judge.

This is an action to enjoin, set aside and annul the July 21, 1969, and November 10, 1969, orders which were entered in Interstate Commerce Commission Proceeding No. 35054, relating to Unloading Restrictions on Meats and Packinghouse Products.1 The district court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1336 and a three-judge court was convened as required by 28 U.S.C. § 2325.

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