National Van Lines, Inc. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

The Household Goods Carriers' Bureau and ten motor carriers of household goods, suing as members of a class, seek reversal of a district court decision upholding an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The order of the Commission concluded that the carriers had collected charges from shippers in excess of published tariffs in violation of section 217(b) of the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 317(b). 1 The question presented concerns the Commission-’s interpretation of the tariffs published by the carriers. 2

The tariffs in issue were filed in 1959 by the…