Legal Opinion

Water Transport Ass'n v. Interstate Commerce Commission

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided June 5, 1987No. 81-1451PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

This petition for review stems from the Interstate Commerce Commission’s approval of two rail-rate contracts tendered by intervenor Southern Pacific Railroad pursuant to the Staggers Rail Act of 1980.1 Petitioner Water Transport Association (WTA) does not contest the substantive validity of the agreements; rather, it asserts that the Commission erred in sanctioning the contracts without providing for simultaneous publication of their essential features. We conclude that WTA…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. CampSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by36 opinions

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  5. State Of Idaho v. Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1994

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