Whitehouse Trucking, Inc. v. United States

Plaintiff, Whitehouse Trucking Company, filed this action to set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission requiring it to cease and desist from transporting certain commodities found not to be authorized by the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity which plaintiff acquired by purchase in 1962. Several plaintiffs and defendants have been permitted to intervene and present arguments.

In 1964 the commission, pursuant to 49 U. S. C. 304(c) and 49 U. S. C. 312(a), on its own motion instituted an investiga*86tion to determine if plaintiff was operating outside the scope of its…