United States v. Hancock Truck Lines, Inc.

The appellee is a motor carrier. With the approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission it acquired the operating rights of Globe Cartage Company, another such carrier, which then had pending before the Commission an application for a certificate of convenience and necessity under §§ 206 (a) and 209 (a) of the Interstate Commerce Act. The appellee prosecuted the application as Globe’s successor to obtain a certificate authorizing the exercise of Globe’s so-called “grandfather” rights, that is, to continue Globe’s operations as they were conducted July 1, 1935.

The Commission made an order…