Alaska Steamship Co. v. Federal Maritime Commission

HAMLEY, Circuit Judge:

Alaska Steamship Company (Alaska Steam) and Northern Commercial Company (Northern Commercial) have petitioned for review of two orders of the Federal Maritime Commission entered in a rate investigation proceeding. The State of Alaska has intervened in support of the Commission orders.

The rate investigation was conducted in discharge of the Commission’s functions and responsibilities under the Shipping Act, 1916, 39 Stat. 728, as amended, 46 U.S.C. § 801 et seq. (1958), and the Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933, 47 Stat. 1425, as amended, 46 U.S.C. § 843 et seq. (1958). The…