Middle Atlantic Conference v. United States of America and the Interstate Commerce Commission

The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended and subsequently cancelled portions of the New York, NY Short Haul Area Tariff ICC MAC 308-E (the “tariff”) of Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC), which now appeals.

The tariff proposed:

1. to make a slight increase in the level of class rates as to equalize those rates with the level of class rates applicable generally throughout the rest of MAC territory;

2. to change the rate basis numbers used to determine the class rates between origin and destination groups to reflect the same system as used generally throughout the rest of MAC territory; and

3. to…