Legal Opinion
Consolidated Freightways Corp. v. Kassel
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 7, 1979No. 79-1709PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court1 erred in holding that an Iowa law barring the use of trucks longer than sixty feet on Iowa’s interstate highways unconstitutionally burdened interstate commerce. Since we find that this case cannot be meaningfully distinguished from Raymond Motor Transportation, Inc. v. Rice, 434 U.S. 429, 98 S.Ct. 787, 54 L.Ed.2d 664 (1978), we affirm.
Consolidated Freightways Corporation of Delaware is a regular route common carrier of general commodities operating in forty-eight states under a Certificate of Public, Convenience and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Leroy v. Great Western United Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Raymond Motor Transportation, Inc. v. RiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. CottrellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Gear v. City of Des MoinesDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1981
- National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc. v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc. v. City Of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Consolidated Freightways Corporation Of Delaware v. KasselCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979