Legal Opinion

Swift & Co. v. Federal Maritime Commission

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided May 24, 1962No. Nos. 16288, 16444, 16455PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This opinion deals with three related appeals arising out of a Report and Order *279issued by the Federal Maritime Board1 on February 3, 1961, which found that the West India Fruit & Steamship Company (“West India”) and other members of a steamship conference had violated various provisions of the Shipping Act, and directed hearings to allow a complaining shipper to prove damages for a specified period. The principal issue before the Board was whether the conference unlawfully attempted to control freight movements from St. Louis, a port not specifically named in the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

Loving & Evans v. BlickCalifornia Supreme Court · 1949
Isbrandtsen Co., Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
In Re the Arbitration Between Western Union Telegraph Co. & American Communications Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
Smith v. GladneyTexas Supreme Court · 1936
D. L. Piazza Co. v. West Coast Line, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954

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3Cited by1 opinion

Swift & Company, Swift & Company Packers v. Federal Maritime Commission and United States of America, West India Fruit & Steamship Co., Inc., Gulf and South Atlantic Havana Steamship Conference, Intervenors. Gulf and South Atlantic Havana Steamship Conference v. Federal Maritime Commission and United States of America, Swift& Company and Swift & Company Packers, American Waterways Operators, Inc., National Industrial Traffic League, Intervenors. West India Fruit & Steamship Co., Inc. v. Federal Maritime Commission and United States of America, Swift& Company and Swift & Company Packers, American Waterways Operators, Inc., National Industrial Traffic League, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962