Alabama Public Service Commission v. Billy Barnes Enterprises, Inc.

INGRAM, Justice.

The Alabama Public Service Commission (“APSC”) and certain protesting carriers appeal from a circuit court’s judgment reversing a decision of the APSC.

Billy Barnes Enterprises, Inc. (“Barnes”), applied with the APSC for authority to extend an existing operation as a common carrier by motor vehicle in intrastate commerce over irregular routes in the transportation of the following:

“Paper and paper products, materials, equipment and supplies used in the manufacture of paper and paper products (except commodities in bulk).... ”

The application acknowledged the following…