Legal Opinion

Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 24, 1975No. 73-1055PublishedCited by 2,824 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas

This is a direct appeal from a final judgment of a three-judge District Court, 28 U. S. C. §§ 1253, 2101, invalidating an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Ten applications of motor carriers to conduct general commodities operations between points in the Southwest and Southeast were consolidated in one proceeding. Three additional applicants were allowed to intervene. The hearing examiners, after extensive hearings, rejected each application. The Commission granted three of the applications of appellant carriers. Appel-lees, competing carriers, brought an action in the District…

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