Legal Opinion

American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 27, 1960No. 74PublishedCited by 64 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Warren

The principal question presented on this appeal is whether the appellee Interstate Commerce Commission properly declined to impose certain restrictions upon motor carrier permits it issued to a trucking company which is a subsidiary of a railroad.

The permits in question are designed to allow appellee Pacific Motor Trucking Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Pacific Company, to perform a particular type of transportation service for appellee General Motors Corporation. Prior to issuance of these permits, Pacific Motor already had been authorized to conduct certain trucking…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Alton Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Ziffrin, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  4. United States v. Rock Island Motor Transit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
  5. American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957

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3Cited by64 opinions

  1. Interstate Commerce Commission v. J-T Transport Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Sylvia H. Thompson v. Clark M. Clifford, as Secretary of DefenseCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
  3. Williams v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
  4. New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Hartford, Inc. v. Commission on Hospitals & Health CareSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
  5. Florida East Coast Railway Company v. United StatesDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1966

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