American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. United States

These appeals involve, among subsidiary issues, the basic question of whether the Interstate Commerce Commission in a proceeding under § 207 (a) 1 of the Interstate Commerce Act, wherein a railroad subsidiary seeks a certificate permitting it to provide ordinary motor carrier service at or near the parent railroad’s line, is required by § 5 (2)(b) 2 of the Act and the National Transportation Policy to restrict such motor carrier service to that which is auxiliary to, or supplemental of, the parent railroad’s services. A three-judge District Court sitting in the District of Columbia upheld the…