Legal Opinion
American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Frisco Transportation Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 15, 1958No. 15PublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Warren
The issue here is whether the Interstate Commerce Commission has the power to modify certificates of public convenience and necessity containing inadvertent errors, and, if so, whether, in the circumstances of these cases, the Commission could modify certificates which had inadvertently authorized the performance of unrestricted motor carrier services by a wholly owned subsidiary of a railroad.
Appellee, a wholly owned subsidiary of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, is a common carrier by motor vehicle engaged primarily in the transportation of property in interstate and intrastate…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Federal Communications Commission v. National Broadcasting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Gagnon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
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3Cited by173 opinions
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