Tex-O-Kan Flour Mills v. United States

I cannot at all agree with the majority that the government is right in the position it takes that because the order in question recites that “The Office of Defense Transportation has requested this commission to take action in the matter”, the venue of this suit lies in Washington, where Mr. Eastman, the director of Defense Transportation, resides. Indeed, but for the agreement of the majority with the position of the government that the order in question must be deemed as made upon the petition of a party, I should have said that this position was not only untenable but fanciful in the…