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American Commercial Lines, Inc., et al. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. et al.; American Trucking Associations, Inc., et al. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. et al.; American Waterways Operators, Inc. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. et al.; and Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. et al.
389 U.S. 1032·Supreme Court of the United States·1968
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Opinion
No. 797.
No. 804.
No. 808.
No. 809.
American Commercial Lines, Inc., et al. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. et al.; American Trucking Associations, Inc., et al. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. et al.; American Waterways Operators, Inc. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. et al.; and Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. et al.
T. Randolph Buck, Robert E. Webb, J. Raymond Clark and Harry C. Ames, Jr., for appellants in No. 797; Peter T. Beardsley, Bryce Rea, Jr., and Thomas M. Knebel for appellants in No. 804; A. Alvis Layne and Robert L. Wright for appellant in No. 808; and Robert W. Ginnane, Fritz R. Kahn and Leonard S. Goodman for appellant in No. 809.
Stanfield Johnson, Elbert R. Leigh, James H. Mc-Glothlin, James A. Bistline, Thormund A. Miller, William M. Maloney, Harry J. Breithaupt, Donal L. Turkal, Carl Helmetag, Jr., Joseph E. Stopher and R. Lee Blackwell for appellee railroads.
Solicitor General Griswold filed a memorandum for the United States in all four cases.
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Appeal from D. C. W. D. Ky. Probable jurisdiction noted. Cases are consolidated and two hours allotted for oral argument.
Reported below: 268 F. Supp. 71.