State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Bird Oil Co.

CARLTON, Justice.

On 17 April 1963 the North Carolina Motor Carriers Association, Inc., agent for carriers of petroleum products participating in the Motor Freight Tariff, filed with the North Carolina Utilities Commission a supplement to the then-existing tariff. The supplement established “Dedicated Service” rates which essentially provided for a fifteen percent lower rate for intrastate shipments of gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel fuel oil No. 1, and fuel oils Nos. 1,2 and 3, provided that the common carrier assign a single unit of the carrier’s equipment to the exclusive and…