Legal Opinion
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASS'NS v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 4, 1939No. 3200PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGroner, C. J.
The main question we have to answer is whether defendant, Interstate Commerce *36Commission, has jurisdiction and power under Sec. 204(a) (1) and (2) of the Motor Carrier Act of 1935 1 to establish reasonable requirements with respect to qualifications and maximum hours of service for all employees of common and contract carriers by motor vehicle.
Plaintiff, American Trucking Associations, Inc., is an organization of motor carriers subject to regulation under the Act, and its principal place of business is in the District of Columbia. The other plaintiffs are common carriers by motor vehicle in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Crooks v. HarrelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Armstrong Paint & Varnish Works v. Nu-Enamel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
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3Cited by12 opinions
- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Thompson v. DaughertyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1941
- Anuchick v. Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1942
- Anderson v. BigelowCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1942
- Bechtel v. Stillwater Milling Co.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1940
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