St. Germaine v. Alamo Motor Lines

CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

The question upon which this appeal will be decided is whether the District Court had jurisdiction, in an action brought under the Interstate Commerce Act,1 to enter a declaratory judgment *11defining the rights and relationships of the parties without the prior exhaustion of the administrative remedies provided by the Act.2 Claiming to be exempt carriers within the meaning of the Act,3 appellants-plaintiffs charged in their complaint that they were engaged in transporting from various points in Texas to other states such commodities as wool, including alpaca hair and…