Messinger v. Interstate Commerce Commission

FINDINGS OF FACT CONCLUSIONS OF LAW and ORDER

McMANUS, Chief Judge.

This is an action by plaintiffs seeking to enjoin and set aside orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission (Commission) of March 21, 1968 and April 16, 1968,1 denying plaintiffs’ joint application under Section 5 of the Act, and terminating plaintiff Cedar Rapids Steel Transportation, Inc.’s (CRST) temporary authority to lease the operating rights of plaintiff Messinger. Pursuant to plaintiffs’ motion filed herein on May 1, 1968, a temporary restraining order was issued restraining the Commission from enforcing its orders…