Legal Opinion

American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 18, 1945No. 558PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed

This appeal involves the applicability by the Interstate Commerce Commission of the legal criteria for the issuance of certificates of convenience and necessity for motor truck operation by a railroad which were discussed in the opinion in Interstate Commerce Commission v. Parker, ante, p. 60.

In these applications Legh R. Powell and Henry W. Anderson, Receivers of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, sought certificates of convenience and necessity under Sections 206 (a) and 207 (a), Motor Carrier Act, 1935, 49 Stat. 551, as amended by the Transportation Act of 1940, Interstate Commerce…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. The Chicago Junction CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  3. City of Yonkers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. Thomson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  5. Public Service Commission v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944

3Cited by39 opinions

  1. United States v. Pierce Auto Freight Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Armando A. Miranda v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1958
  3. Alamo Express, Inc. v. Union City TransferTexas Supreme Court · 1958
  4. Lang Transp. Corporation v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1948
  5. Capital Transit Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1951

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