Legal Opinion
United States v. Pierce Auto Freight Lines, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 11, 1946No. 74PublishedCited by 583 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rutledge
delivered, the opinion of the Court.
The validity of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission is in question. The order granted to appellants, Consolidated Freightways, Inc., and Oregon-Nevada-California Fast Freight, Inc., certificates of public convenience and necessity authorizing extensions of their operations as motor carriers. Appellees, competing carriers, some of whom are railway affiliates, were protestants in the proceedings before the Commission. They successfully attacked the order in a specially constituted District Court, on grounds questioning the sufficiency of the…
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