C-NRLF

PRACTITIONERS'

OURNAL

CHARLES M. RICE

ce and Procedure Under the Hobbs Act FREDERIC L. WOOD

ssor Ripley Revisited: A Current Analysis of ilroad Mergers

JAMES C. JOHNSON AND TERRY C. WHITESIDE

arte 55, Sub No. 3, General Rules of Practice

JAMES F. BROMLEY

NORMA L. ISER

HELENE A. NEWTON

JAMES L. HOWE III

HENRY J. KARISON

JOHN F. DONELAN

NELSON J. COONEY

PAUL M. DONOVAN

RICHARD R. MYALL

RICHARD RIDDICK

C. H. JOHNS

Organization, Practice, and Procedure

WILLIAM L. SLOVER

HAROLD E. MESIROW

LESTER M. BRIDGEMAN

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implies no adoption by this Association of the views therein expressed.

Consolidated Rail Corporation: Phoenix or Albatross?-Charles

M. Rice

379

Practice and Procedure Under the Hobbs Act-Frederic L. Wood 406

Professor Ripley Revisited: A Current Analysis of Railroad

Mergers-James C. Johnson and Terry C. Whiteside .... 419

Ex Parte 55, Sub No. 3, General Rules of Practice (Discovery

Rules)

Recent Court Decisions

Rail Transportation

Motor Transportation

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453

464

466

470

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