Legal Opinion

Akers Motor Lines, Inc. v. Malone Freight Lines, Inc.

District Court, N.D. Alabama

Decided February 10, 1950No. 6391PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LYNNE, District Judge.

Invoking the jurisdiction of this Court, plaintiffs rely upon the diversity of citizenship and amount in controversy provisions of Section 1332, Title 28 U.S.C.A.

Contending that defendant, a motor carrier operating under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission, as are the several plaintiffs, is wrongfully interfering with the business of each plaintiff by its constant practice of perverting, distorting, abusing or misinterpreting the authority conferred upon it under its certificate In making an unsanctioned double…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
  3. Rochester Telephone Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  4. Switchmen's Union v. National Mediation BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  5. Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Malone Freight Lines, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1952
  2. Riss & Company v. Association of American RailroadsDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1959
  3. Isner v. Interstate Commerce CommissionDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1950
  4. Consolidated Freightways v. United Truck LinesOregon Supreme Court · 1958
  5. Deaton Truck Line, Inc. v. Birmingham - Tuscaloosa - Mobile Motor Freight LineSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955

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