Consolidated Freightways Corp. v. United States

MEMORANDUM DECISION

These thirteen actions have been, by stipulation, consolidated for determination as, for all practical purposes, the legal questions and factual situations are identical.

Plaintiffs are corporations engaged in transportation of property in regulated interstate and foreign commerce as motor carriers.

Defendant, Interstate Commerce Commission (herein referred to as the I.C.C. or the Commission) is an agency of the defendant, United States of America, and is vested with authority under the *112Interstate Commerce Act (herein called the Act) to regulate the operation of the…