The Greyhound Corporation v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America

The Greyhound Corporation petitions this court for review of orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The challenged orders require Greyhound to obtain prior ICC approval of all its securities transactions, pursuant to section 20a of the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 20a (1970). Greyhound asserts that the orders impermissibly deviate, without explanation, from the ICC’s own precedents. We agree, and accordingly remand the ease for the ICC to rectify or explain the deviations.

This dispute has its origin in events which occurred in 1963. Prior to that year Greyhound was a motor…