Gregg Cartage & Storage Co. v. United States

This appeal is from a judgment of a statutory three-judge court denying appellants’ petition to set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission refusing the Gregg Cartage & Storage Company a certificate of public convenience and necessity under the so-called grandfather clause of § 206 (a) of the Motor Carrier Act, 1935,49 U. S. C. § 306 (a).

*76The Gregg Company, an Ohio corporation, operated in 1935 and earlier as a common carrier of general freight between points in several northeastern states. In a number of important cities, it maintained terminals at which freight was assembled. It…