Legal Opinion
Alabama Great Southern R. Co. v. United States
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided January 9, 1952No. Civ. A. 630PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, District Judge.
Forty-one eastern and southern railroads ask us to hold for naught the Interstate Commerce Commission’s order of November 13, 1951 awarding Seatrain Lines, Inc. temporary authority to operate as a common carrier of freight by self-propelled vessels between New York harbor and Savannah, Georgia. The order is based on the ultimate finding of the Commission of “an immediate and urgent need” for such service between those points with “no carrier service capable of meeting such need”, the statutory prerequisites to a grant of temporary authority. 1 This conclusion the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Brooks Transp. Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1950
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Hoboken Manufacturers' RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Hudson River Day Line, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1949
3Cited by6 opinions
- Bowen Transports, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 1953
- Estes Express Lines v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1968
- Baltimore Transfer Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1953
- Braswell Motor Freight, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1971
- Seatrain Lines, Inc. v. Pennsylvania R.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1952
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