Schenley Distillers Corporation v. United States

This is an appeal from a judgment of a district court, three judges sitting, constituted under the Urgent Deficiencies Act, 38 Stat. 220, 28 U. S. C. § 47, dismissing appellants’ petition to set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Appellant Schenley Distilleries Motor Division, Inc., applied to the commission for a permit, under § 209 (b) of Part II of the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U. S. C. §309 (b), authorizing operation as a “contract carrier by motor vehicle” of specified commodities in interstate commerce between specified points. At the outset of the proceedings…