Pacific Westbound Conference v. Leval & Co.

The plaintiffs are a voluntary association of numerous common carrier steamship companies duly organized under the authority of Title 46, USCA, cited as the “Shipping Act of 1916”, and operating under the name of Pacific Westbound Conference. The members of the association operate ships in regular service, carrying cargo west-bound from ports on the Pacific coast of the United States and Canada to ports in the Far East.

The defendant, a corporation with its principal office in New York City, New York, maintaining a branch office in Portland, Oregon, is an extensive shipper of merchandise and…