United Truck Lines, Inc. v. Interstate Commerce Commission

HEALY, Circuit Judge.

The Interstate Commerce Commission had judgment below enjoining appellant, United Truck Lines, from transporting freight by motor vehicle over highway U. S. 30 between Boise, Idaho, and Pasco, Benton County, Washington. The Commission’s suit for injunctive relief was grounded on the claim that no. certificate of pubic convenience and necessity had been issued the carrier for such operation, and with this view the court agreed.

United operates extensively in the northwestern states under a series of certificates granted by the Commission. In 1944 it was authorized to…