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United States v. Atlantic Coast Line Rd. Co.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Dec 13, 1945
152 F.2d 230 (4th Cir. 1945)

Opinion

No. 5428.

December 13, 1945.

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond; Robert N. Pollard, Judge.

Hubert H. Margolies, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D.C. (John F. Sonnett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry H. Holt, U.S. Atty., of Hampton, Va., John V. Cogbill, Asst. U.S. Atty., of Washington, D.C., and Frederick Chait and Irvin M. Gottlieb, Attys., Department of Justice, both of Washington, D.C., on the brief), for appellant.

Thomas W. Davis, of Wilmington, N.C. (J.M. Townsend, of Petersburg, Va., and Denny, Valentine Davenport, of Richmond, Va., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges, and BARKSDALE, District Judge.


The facts in this case and the question arising on these facts differ in no essential respects from the facts and the question involved in United States v. Powell and Anderson, Receivers of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, 152 F.2d 228. The two causes, though not formally consolidated, were argued before us together.

For the reasons set out in our opinion in the Seaboard case, the judgment of the District Court is affirmed.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

United States v. Atlantic Coast Line Rd. Co.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Dec 13, 1945
152 F.2d 230 (4th Cir. 1945)
Case details for

United States v. Atlantic Coast Line Rd. Co.

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD…

Court:Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Dec 13, 1945

Citations

152 F.2d 230 (4th Cir. 1945)