Oregon Freightways, Inc. v. Lobdell

Plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s order affirming an order of the Public Utility Commissioner of Oregon (commissioner) denying plaintiffs application to acquire by transfer from Tyway, Inc., a certificate to operate as a common carrier. Plaintiff raises four assignments of error. It asserts that the trial court erred in failing to reverse or set aside the commissioner’s order because, in deciding to deny the transfer of operating authority, the commissioner (1) considered the possible detrimental effects of the proposed transfer on other carriers serving the same area, (2) applied a…