Frozen Food Express, Inc. v. The United States of America and the Interstate Commerce Commission

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This is a petition for review of an adverse order of the Interstate Commerce Commission filed by Frozen Food Express, Inc. (FFE), a motor common carrier transporting designated commodities over irregular routes in interstate commerce. FFE’s gateway elimination application (Form OP-OR-9) was timely filed with the Commission and sought the elimination of gateways at points in Texas and Louisiana. “A gateway results from a motor common carrier combining or ‘tacking’ two separate and unrestricted grants of irregular-route authority at a service point common to each — the…