Federal Maritime Board v. Isbrandtsen Co.

The Isbrandtsen Co., Inc., filed a petition in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review, under 5 U. S. C. § 1034, an order of the Federal Maritime Board 1 approving a rate system proposed by the Japan-Atlantic and Gulf Freight Confer*483ence (the Conference).2 Under the proposed system a shipper would pay less than regular freight rates for the same service if he signs an exclusive-patronage contract with the Conference. Contract rates would be set at levels 9% percent below noncontract rates. The Court of. Appeals3 set aside the Board’s order on the…