Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. United States

OPINION

On November 18, 1964, the Interstate Commerce Commission entered an order approving the acquisition of the operating rights of Royal Blue Coaches, Inc. (“Royal Blue”) by Public Service Coordinated Transport (“Public Service”). The Internal Revenue Service had previously foreclosed a tax lien against Royal Blue, and sold the rights to Public Service at a public sale.

This action has been brought by certain former employees of Royal Blue and their labor union, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2284, challenging the ICC order of approval on two principal grounds: (1) That the acquisition violates…