Mississippi East, Inc. v. United States

OPINION

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought by plaintiff Mississippi East, Inc., to annul and set aside the orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) of September 18, 19671 and June 13, 1968,2 which denied plaintiff’s May 17, 1965, application, at Docket No. MC-107726 (Sub-No. 3), for a certificate of public convenience and necessity under § 207(a) of the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U. S.C. § 307(a).3

Mississippi East had been granted temporary authority in the spring of 1965 to transport steel and iron articles from Allenport, Monessen and Washington, Pennsylvania, to points…