Legal Opinion
Premier Peat Moss Corporation v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 8, 1956PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
This action is the sequel to proceedings before the Interstate Commerce Commission initiated in 1953 by applications of motor carriers, pursuant to 49 U.S.C.A. § 309, for permits to transport as contract carriers peat moss, ground or not ground, from New York and New Jersey piers in New York Harbor to points in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut within 150 miles of New York City. The applicants moved for dismissal of their own applications on the ground that peat moss is an agricultural commodity and therefore the transportation of it by contract carriers in interstate…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Frozen Food Express v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- East Texas Motor Freight Lines, Inc. v. Frozen Food ExpressSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Alexander Sprunt & Son, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Moffat Tunnel League v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Consolidated Truck Service, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1956
3Cited by3 opinions
- W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Ti Ti Peat Humus Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. TooleDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1963
- Wirtz v. Ti Ti Peat Humus Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1966