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CONSOLIDATED COPPERSTATE LINES v. UNITED STATES et al.
394 U.S. 719·Supreme Court of the United States·1969
Mr. Justice Fortas took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases.
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Opinion
CONSOLIDATED COPPERSTATE LINES v. UNITED STATES et al.
No. 1128.
Decided April 21, 1969
David Axelrod for appellant in No. 1128. Dennis G. Lyons and Joe A. Keith for appellant in No. 1141.
Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General McLaren, Robert W. Ginnane, Nahum Litt, and Jerome Nelson for the United States et al., T. S. Christopher for appellee Braswell Motor Freight Lines, Inc., and Carl L. Phinney for appellee Herrin Transportation Co. in both cases. Phillip Robinson for appellees Central Freight Lines, Inc., et al., and Reagan Sayers for appellee Ryder Truck Lines, Inc., in No. 1128. Robert E. Joyner, Phineas Stevens, and Charles D. Mathews for appellees Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc., et al. in No. 1141.
Together with No. 1141, Strickland Transportation Co., Inc. v. United States et al., also on appeal from the same court.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
The motions to affirm are granted and the judgment is affirmed.
Mr. Justice Fortas took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases.