Case Name: Red Ball Motor Freight, Inc., et al. v. Shannon et al., doing business as E. & R. Shannon; and United States et al. v. Shannon et al., doing business as E. & R. Shannon
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1963-11-12
Citations: 375 U.S. 901
Docket Number: No. 406; No. 421
Parties: Red Ball Motor Freight, Inc., et al. v. Shannon et al., doing business as E. & R. Shannon; and United States et al. v. Shannon et al., doing business as E. & R. Shannon.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 375
Pages: 901–901

Head Matter:
No. 406.
No. 421.
Red Ball Motor Freight, Inc., et al. v. Shannon et al., doing business as E. & R. Shannon; and United States et al. v. Shannon et al., doing business as E. & R. Shannon.
Phillip Robinson, Amos M. Mathews, Roland Rice and John C. Bradley for appellants in No. 406. Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Orrick, Lionel Kestenbaum, Elliott H. Moyer, Robert W. Ginnane and Fritz R. Kahn for the United States et al. Appellees pro se. Robert E. Redding for Transportation Association of America, as amicus curiae, in support of both appeals. James E. Wilson for the Common Carrier Conference — Irregular Route of the American Trucking Associations, Inc., as amicus curiae, in support of the appeal in No. 421.

Opinion:
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. The motion of Transportation Association of America for leave to file a brief, as amicus curiae, is granted. The motion of the Common Carrier Conference — Irregular Route of the American Trucking Associations, Inc., for leave to file a brief, as amicus curiae, in No. 421 is granted. Probable jurisdiction noted.
Reported below: 219 F. Supp. 781.