Estes Express Lines v. United States

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs, motor carriers, seek to annul orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission granting the Railway Express Agency, Inc., temporary authority to operate as a motor carrier over regular routes transporting general commodities in express service between Washington, D. C., and Richmond, Virginia, including several intermediate off-route points. 1 Finding the Commission did not abuse its discretion, we dismiss the complaint.

For many years, REA used the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad for express shipments between Washington, D. C., and Richmond,…