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American Farm Lines v. Black Ball Freight Service et al.; and Interstate Commerce Commission v. Black Ball Freight Service et al., 1969 — 396 U.S. 884 · caselaw · US
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American Farm Lines v. Black Ball Freight Service et al.; and Interstate Commerce Commission v. Black Ball Freight Service et al.
396 U.S. 884·Supreme Court of the United States·1969
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Opinion
No. 369.
No. 382.
American Farm Lines v. Black Ball Freight Service et al.; and Interstate Commerce Commission v. Black Ball Freight Service et al.
Joseph A. Califano, Jr., John D. Hawke, Jr., and William L. Peterson, Jr., for appellant in No. 369, and Robert W. Ginnane and Arthur J. Cerra for appellant in No. 382. Peter T. Beardsley and Nelson J. Cooney for Black Ball Freight Service et al., William H. Dempsey, Jr., for Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Delaware et al., James W. Wrape and Robert E. Joyner for United Transports, Inc., and Ed White and James E. Nelson for Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railway Co., appellees in both cases. Solicitor General Griswold filed a memorandum for the United States in both cases.
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Appeals from D. C. W. D. Wash. Probable jurisdiction noted. Cases consolidated and a total of one hour allotted for oral argument.
Reported below: 298 F. Supp. 1006.