Administrative Law-Judicial Control-Injunctive Extension of the Rate Suspension Period Under the Interstate Commerce Act

Plaintiffs, two interstate carriers and a municipal corporation, and defendants, four railroad companies, were parties to an investigation and suspension proceeding before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Section 15(7) of the Interstate Commerce Act allows the Commission to suspend the effectiveness of rate revisions proposed by carriers for seven months while it is deciding whether to approve them. If no decision is reached by the end of the suspension period, the proposed rates automatically become effective subject to a subsequent determination of their validity by the ICC. Expiration of the order suspending defendants\u27 rate proposals was imminent when, in an unprecedented attempt to maintain the status quo pending a final Commission decision, the plaintiffs brought an original action in a federal district court seeking to enjoin the application of the disputed tariff schedules. The district court found, as a matter of fact, that, if the proposed reductions were to go into effect as required by the Interstate Commerce Act, there was grave danger that the plaintiffs would suffer irreparable harm. The court, however, denied injunctive relief on the ground that jurisdiction over rate suspensions is vested exclusively in the. ICC by section 15(7) of the act. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit refused to grant plaintiffs\u27 prayer for an injunction pending appeal, but did grant a continuance of its previously issued temporary restraining order. On application to Mr. Justice Black for an extension of the temporary restraining order until the Supreme Court could consider plaintiffs\u27 petition for a writ of certiorari, held, application granted. Mr. Justice Black commented favorably on the plaintiffs\u27 prospects of obtaining review by the Supreme Court, and pointed out that the Supreme Court has never interpreted section 15(7) as substantially destroying federal court jurisdiction to restrain conduct which inflicts irreparable damage. Arrow Transp. Co. v. Southern Ry., 83 Sup. Ct. 1 (1962)

Hush-a-bye, Ma baby

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The Missouri Waltz

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Hush-a-bye, ma baby : the Missouri waltz : song

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Hush-a-bye, ma baby

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Hush-a-bye, Ma Baby Missouri Waltz

Hush-a-bye, ma baby, slumbertime is comin’ soon;Rest yo’head upon ma breast while Mammy hums a tune;The sandman is callin’ where shadows are fallin’,While the soft breezes sigh as in days long gone by.‘Way down in Missouri where I heard this melody,When I was a Pickaninny on ma Mammy’s knee;The darkies were hummin,’ their banjos were strummin’ so sweet and low.Strum, strum, strum, strum, strum,Seems I hear those banjos playin’ once again,Hum, hum, hum, hum, hum,That same old plaintive strain. [Instrumental interlude] Hear that mournful melody, it just haunts you the whole day long,And you wander in dreams back to Dixie it seems,When you hear that old time song.Hush-a-bye, ma baby, go to sleep on Mammy’s knee,Journey back to Dixieland in dreams again with me;It seems yo Mammy was there once again,And the darkies were strummin’ that same old refrain.Way down in Missouri where I learned this lullaby,When the stars were blinkin’ and the moon was climbin’ high,And I hear Mammy Cloe, as in days long agoSinging hush-a-bye

Hatchings

' It is New Year in Bulawayo, and anybody who is anybody is out celebrating. Hatchings, with an introduction by Khombe Mangwanda, was chosen by Professor Anthony Chennells in the Times Literary Supplement as his choice for the most significant book to have come out of Africa. ''The story is simple. In a sentence it can be described as a love story centered on a young couple who discover the true power of love amid the social, economic and moral decay that threatens to swallow their love and everything else. But to say Hatchings is merely a love story would be criminal. It is more than that. Hatchings is a story about Bulawayo, about Zimbabwe, about corruption and cultural decay. In Hatchings John Eppel spares no one. With his sharp and yet witty pen he exposes corruption and pokes fun at those that are abusing power and this means literally everyone. Rich, poor, white, black , Indian, foreigner or local.'' - Raisedon Baya, Sunday News, Zimbabwe

Administrative Law-Judicial Control-Injunctive Extension of the Rate Suspension Period Under the Interstate Commerce Act

Plaintiffs, two interstate carriers and a municipal corporation, and defendants, four railroad companies, were parties to an investigation and suspension proceeding before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Section 15(7) of the Interstate Commerce Act allows the Commission to suspend the effectiveness of rate revisions proposed by carriers for seven months while it is deciding whether to approve them. If no decision is reached by the end of the suspension period, the proposed rates automatically become effective subject to a subsequent determination of their validity by the ICC. Expiration of the order suspending defendants\u27 rate proposals was imminent when, in an unprecedented attempt to maintain the status quo pending a final Commission decision, the plaintiffs brought an original action in a federal district court seeking to enjoin the application of the disputed tariff schedules. The district court found, as a matter of fact, that, if the proposed reductions were to go into effect as required by the Interstate Commerce Act, there was grave danger that the plaintiffs would suffer irreparable harm. The court, however, denied injunctive relief on the ground that jurisdiction over rate suspensions is vested exclusively in the. ICC by section 15(7) of the act. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit refused to grant plaintiffs\u27 prayer for an injunction pending appeal, but did grant a continuance of its previously issued temporary restraining order. On application to Mr. Justice Black for an extension of the temporary restraining order until the Supreme Court could consider plaintiffs\u27 petition for a writ of certiorari, held, application granted. Mr. Justice Black commented favorably on the plaintiffs\u27 prospects of obtaining review by the Supreme Court, and pointed out that the Supreme Court has never interpreted section 15(7) as substantially destroying federal court jurisdiction to restrain conduct which inflicts irreparable damage. Arrow Transp. Co. v. Southern Ry., 83 Sup. Ct. 1 (1962)

The Caruso of Colleen Bawn and Other Short Writings

The Caruso of Colleen Bawn and Other Short Writings is a collection of short stories and poems from the Zimbabwean author John Eppel. The pieces range from poetry evocative of the sights, sounds and smells of the Zimbabwean bush and suburbia to bitingly satirical prose about present day Zimbabwe. Eppel has proved himself in both fields of writing, being awarded the M-Net Prize for fiction and the Ingrid Jonker Prize for poetry