Containerfreight Corporation v. United States

685 F.2d 329 CONTAINERFREIGHT CORPORATION, Ditto Freight Lines, Lodi Truck Service, Inc., and Ted Peters Trucking Company, Inc., Petitioners, v. The UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Respondents, and Manlowe United, Inc., Intervening Respondent. No. 81-7514. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 14, 1982. Decided Aug. 26, 1982. Ronald C. Chauvel, Handler, Baker, Greene & Taylor, George M. Carr, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioners. Edward J. O'Meara, Washington, D. C., argued, for respondents; Robert B. Nicholson, Washington, D. C., on brief. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Before MERRILL, CHOY and HUG, Circuit Judges. MERRILL, Circuit Judge: 1 Petitioners Containerfreight Corporation, et al., petition for review of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission authorizing Manlowe United, Inc. to transport, between points in California, general commodities having a prior or subsequent movement by water or rail. Manlowe has been granted leave to intervene. Jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. §§ 2321 , 2342. 2 In December 1980 Manlowe filed its application with the…