Erickson Transport Corporation v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

The Interstate Commerce Commission has granted authority to Trucking Service, Inc. (Trucking), a motor common carrier, to transport alcoholic liquors either in bulk (tank truck) or non-bulk (bottled) form, between points in the contiguous 48 states. Erickson Transport Corporation petitions for review of this order. It contends that the Commission erred in granting bulk authority as well as non-bulk, and that it was error to grant Trucking the right to ship throughout the contiguous states, instead of limiting the authority to selected states specifically mentioned in the…