Court Opinion

ID: 9448130
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 23:23:58.459436+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:31:18.236243
License: Public Domain

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge
(dissenting).
I have all along been, and still am, of the clear opinion that this case is ruled by the decisions of this court in New Deal Cab Co. v. Fahs, 5 Cir., 174 F.2d 318 and Economy Cab Co. v. Fahs, 5 Cir., 174 F.2d 321 (certiorari denied in both cases in 338 U.S. 818), and Party Cab Co. v. United States, 7 Cir., 172 F.2d 87, 10 A.L.R.2d 358, certiorari denied 338 U.S. 818, 70 S.Ct. 62, 94 L.Ed. 496. It seems to me that the decision in this case is too legalistic and smacks too much of the valley of dry bones, and that, as such, it runs directly counter not only to the decision but to the thoughtful and eminently sound reasoning of this court, speaking through Judge Sibley, in New Deal Cab Co. v. Fahs, supra, and that of the Seventh Circuit, speaking through Judge Major, in Party Cab Co. v. United States, supra. I, therefore, vote to affirm the judgment of the district court and respectfully dissent from the opinion and judgment of this court reversing that judgment.