Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge FRIEDMAN.

FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge:

This is another, and hopefully the last, round in the longstanding dispute before the Interstate Commerce Commission (Commission) over the reasonableness of railroad rates charged the petitioner, Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO), for the transportation of coal between Pennsylvania and Maryland. In the order under review, the Commission dismissed PEP-CO’s complaint challenging the rates as unreasonable. We affirm.

I

A. The Prior Proceedings.

The history of the prior Commission and court proceedings is set forth in…