Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States

JULIUS J. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

Piggyback service — the movement of highway trailers on railroad flatcars — constitutes “probably the most significant recent development in transportation”, in the opinion of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Because of the “explosive growth” of this service in the past five years, the Commission in 1962 instituted on its own motion a proceeding to investigate the subject generally and “to explore new approaches” to its regulation. That proceeding culminated in a Report and Order of the Commission issued under the title Substituted Service — Charges and…