Interstate Commerce Commission v. Howard

OPINION AND ORDER

FOX, Chief Judge.

By this action the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) seeks to enjoin the defendant motor carriers from conducting further line haul operations between nonairfield points in and around Benton Harbor and Kalamazoo, Michigan and O’Hare and Midway Airports in Chicago, Illinois. Defendants contend that their operations are supported by direct ICC authority and that, to the extent their operations are not expressly authorized, ICC authorization is not required.

A detailed stipulation of facts has been filed by all of the parties hereto. Defendants have been and…