Houff Transfer, Inc. v. United States

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

Houff Transfer, Inc., sues to set aside a portion of a report and order of the Interstate Commerce Commission which denied it authority to purchase the operating rights of Boward Truck Line, Inc., in North Carolina and South Carolina.1 We hold that the Commission’s order was warranted in law and fact, and accordingly we dismiss Houff’s complaint.

Both Boward and Houff are authorized to operate as motor carriers of general commodities with exceptions not pertinent to this action. Houff operates *834over irregular routes through points in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland,…