Legal Opinion

Interstate Commerce Commission v. B & T Transportation Co.

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided March 26, 1979No. Civ. A. No. 78-1189-CPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CAFFREY, Chief Judge.

This is an action brought by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to obtain an injunction against the defendants B & T Transportation Co. (B & T) and Bos-Taun Consolidating Co., Inc. (Bos-Taun). The action was brought pursuant to 49 U.S.C.A. §§ 304(a)(6)1 and 322(b) and under this Court’s general equity powers.

ICC alleges that defendants are owned, controlled and managed in common, acting as a single transportation enterprise. ICC further alleges that defendants performed and charged for consolidating services without there being a tariff on file by the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
National Motor Freight Traffic Ass'n v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1967
Locust Cartage Co., Inc. v. Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
Middlewest Motor Freight Bureau v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
United States v. Associated Transport, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974

3Cited by1 opinion

Interstate Commerce Commission v. J. B. Montgomery, Inc.District Court, D. Colorado · 1980