Legal Opinion

Global Van Lines, Inc. v. Interstate Commerce Commission

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided November 12, 1986No. 83-1938PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

For fully a half-century, federal legislation has exerted a profound influence on motor common and contract carriage, the two modes of transportation in which the interstate trucking industry principally engages.1 The central inquiry ultimately necessitated by this petition for review is the degree of precision with which the Interstate Commerce Commission must frame the operating permit of a motor contract carrier of property,2 when based upon a distinct need of shippers for a particularized transportation service,3 to confine the service to…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. Reiter v. Sonotone Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Morton v. RuizSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Transrisk Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Corp. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
  2. Global Van Lines, Inc. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
  3. Hoarty v. C.H. Robinson Co. (In Re Best Refrigerated Express, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nebraska · 1994
  4. Transrisk Corporation, Inc. v. Matsushita Electric Corporation Of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994

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