Johnson v. United States

The Motor Carrier Act of 1935 contains provisions to subject the business of common carriers of goods or passengers by motor vehicle to administrative regulation by the Interstate Commerce Commission. That body was directed to issue certificates, confirming the operations of any carrier “if any such carrier or predecessor in interest was in bona fide operation as a common carrier by motor vehicle on June 1, 1935, over the route or routes or within the territory for which application is made and has so operated since that time” without further proof of public convenience and necessity. In the…