United States v. Interstate Commerce Commission et al.; Brundage et al. v. United States et al.; City of Auburn v. United States et al.; and Livingston Anti-Merger Committee v. Interstate Commerce Commission et al.

No. 899. No. 942. No. 999. No. 1003. United States v. Interstate Commerce Commission et al.; Brundage et al. v. United States et al.; City of Auburn v. United States et al.; and Livingston Anti-Merger Committee v. Interstate Commerce Commission et al. Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Zimmerman, Deputy Solicitor General Springer, and Howard E. Shapiro for the United States, appellant, in No. 899; Louis B. Dailey and Harry Tyson Carter for appellants Brundage et al. in No. 942; Robert L. Wald and Joel E. Hoffman for appellant in No. 999; and Valentine B. Deale for appellant in No. 1003. Robert W. Ginnane, Fritz R. Kahn, and Jerome Nelson for appellee Interstate Commerce Commission in all four cases; Alan F. Wohlstetter for appellees 230 Pacific Northwest Shippers in No. 899; Robert Y. Thornton, Attorney General of Oregon, and Richard W. Sabin for appellee Public Utility Commissioner in No. 899; Hugh B. Cox, Ray Garrett, D. Robert Thomas, Lee B. McTurnan, Anthony Kane, Louis E. Torinus, Earl F. Requa, Frank S. Farrell, Eldon Martin, and Richard J. Flynn for appellees Great Northern Railway Co. et al. in all four cases; and Edwin O. Schiewe, Raymond K. Merrill, Thomas H. Ploss, and Edward H. Foley for appellee Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. in No. 899. [For earlier order herein, see ante, p. 994, sub nom. Great Northern Railway Merger Case.] [MAJORITY] Appeals from D. C. D. C. Probable jurisdiction noted. Cases consolidated and a total of four hours allotted for oral argument for these appeals and any other appeals taken from the same judgment as to which jurisdiction may hereafter be noted. Mr. Justice Fortas took no part in the consideration or decision of this matter.