American Trading Transportation Co. v. United States

MEMORANDUM

HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.

At issue in these cases is the application of section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, 46 U.S.C. § 1156. Plaintiffs in the American Trading case, owners of American flag ships built without subsidy which operate in the domestic trade, brought suit to invalidate a decision of the Maritime Administration (Marad) to permit two subsidized American vessels to operate in that trade. 1 The owners of the subsidized vessels were permitted to intervene as defendants. The related Atlantic Richfield action challenges Marad’s decision not to permit that…