States Marine Lines, Inc. v. Federal Maritime Commission

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners jointly operate an ocean common carrier known as States Marine Lines. They appeal from a final order of the Federal Maritime Commission approving a self-policing system adopted by two shipping conferences, the Transpacific Freight Conference of Japan and the Japan-Atlantic and Gulf Freight Conference, intervenors here. Each Conference is comprised of a number of domestic and foreign carriers,1 States Marine among them, that ply the trade between Japan and various United States ports. The Conferences, pursuant to approval granted by the Federal…