Commercial Carriers, Inc. v. United States

The issue in each of these cases is what rate should be paid to the plaintiff for the transportation of jeeps. The plaintiffs are motor carriers.

In the Commercial Carriers case there is the added issue of whether that company is entitled to additional compensation for loading and unloading the cargo.

The jeeps were transported for the War Department during the year 1942.

Both plaintiffs operated during the period involved under land grant equalization agreements which stipulated that the shipments would be made at “the lowest net land grant *389charge lawfully available on such shipment from origin…