International Transport, Inc. v. United States, 2136

Decision Date09 March 1970
Docket NumberNo. 2136,2141 and 2144.,2136
Citation318 F. Supp. 763
CourtU.S. District Court — Western District of Missouri
PartiesINTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT, INC., Plaintiff, C. & H. Transportation Co., Inc., and J. H. Rose Truck Line, Inc., Intervening Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants (two cases). LEONARD BROS. TRUCKING CO., Inc., Plaintiff, C & H Transportation Co., Inc., and J. H. Rose Truck Line, Inc., Intervening Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants.

Karl Schmidt, Morrison, Hecker, Cozad, Morrison & Curtis, Kansas City, Mo., Van Osdel, Foss, Johnson & Miller, Fargo, N. D., Lord Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., for International Transport Co.

Calvin K. Hamilton, U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., Manny H. Smith, I. C. C., Washington, D. C., for Interstate Commerce Commission.

John D. Wigger, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States.

Lawrence R. Brown, Stinson Mag, Thomson, McEvers & Fizzell, Kansas City, Mo., for C. I. Whitten Transfer Co., Riss and Co., Inc., Hughes Transportation, Inc. and Tri-State Motor Transit.

Stephen P. Murphy, Kansas City, Mo., Rice, Carpenter & Carraway, Washington, D. C., for Regular Common Carrier Conference of American Trucking Asscns., Inc., and Munition Carriers Conference, Inc.

Thomas E. James, James M. Doherty and Mert Starnes, James, Robinson, Felts & Starnes, Austin, Tex., William M. Austin, James, McFarland & Trimble, North Kansas City, Mo., William O. Turney and Robert Burk, Turney & Turney and Robert Burk, Turney & Turney, Washington, D. C., for Leonard Brothers Trucking Co., Inc. and Heavy Specialized Carriers Conference.

Edward Mullen, Kansas City Mo., Ed. White and Thomas Phemister, Chicago, Ill., for intervening Railroads.

Helliwell, Melrose & DeWolf, Shelby Highsmith, Miami, Fla., for C & H Transp. Co., Inc., Inc., J. H. Rose Truck Line, Inc., Leonard Brothers Trucking Co., Inc.

ORDER OF REMAND

This consolidated case upon submission to and upon examination by the undersigned three-judge court, and by Judge Hunter as a single-judge court, has led the Court to the conclusion that the Interstate Commerce Commission has inadvertently overlooked consideration of a regulation which it originally issued and which was later "adopted" by the Department of Transportation bearing directly on the rolling of certain explosives during the time involved in the instant consolidated case. (See, Title 49—Transportation—Section 177.835 (Explosives) Subsection (b) "* * * nor shall...

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  • International Transport, Inc. v. United States
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Western District of Missouri
    • January 21, 1972
    ...three-judge court and also Judge Hunter as the single-judge court made the remand order to I.C.C. 16 International Transport, Inc., et al., v. United States, 318 F.Supp. 763 (W.D. Mo.1970). 17 49 C.F.R. #177.835(b) provides: "(b) Care in loading, unloading, or handling of explosives. No bal......
  • HANOVER TP. FED. OF TEACH. v. Hanover Commun. Sch. Corp., Civ. No. 70 H 85.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Northern District of Indiana
    • August 14, 1970
    ... ... Civ. No. 70 H 85 ... United States District Court, N. D. Indiana, Hammond ... ...
  • Tri-State Motor Tr. Co. v. International Transport, Inc.
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Eighth Circuit
    • April 20, 1973
    ...authority. On March 18, 1970, a three-judge court reviewing the Commission's decision remanded the case. International Transport, Inc. v. United States, 318 F.Supp. 763 (W.D.Mo.1970). The United States, a statutory defendant, admitted that the Commission's order was invalid. The three-judge......

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