Blue Ridge Transfer Co. v. United States

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the purchase by Colonial Motor Freight Line, Inc., of a portion of the motor carrier operating rights issued to the Bruce Johnson Trucking Company, Inc., and the acquisition of control of the operating rights.1 The plaintiffs, competing carriers, assert that the Commission’s approval lacks substantial supporting evidence and that it does not accord with the provisions of § 5(2) of the Interstate Commerce Act2 and the National Transportation Policy.3 We find no infirmity in the Commission’s order.

Section 5(2) of the Act [49…