Central Freight Lines (Substituted in Place of Steere Tank Lines, Inc.) v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Central Freight Lines, Inc. (“Central”), challenges, on jurisdictional and substantive grounds, a declaratory order of the Interstate Commerce Commission (“ICC”) ruling that certain transportation of fertilizer within Texas is part of a continuous interstate movement and that the ICC has regulatory jurisdiction over that transpor tation. We deny the petition to review the ICC’s order.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Arcadian Corporation (“Arcadian”), a manufacturer of fertilizer, ships liquid fertilizer in bulk from Nebraska by rail and from Louisiana by barge and rail…