West Coast Fast Freight, Inc. v. United States

ORR, Circuit Judge.

Appellant is a motor carrier holding a certificate of convenience and necessity from the Interstate Commerce Commission, hereafter Commission, to engage in transportation in interstate or foreign commerce. It is authorized to engage in the transportation of “commodities generally, * * * except dangerous explosives,” between certain designated points.

Sometime prior to the year 1950 the United States Government Sierra Ordnance Depot at Herlong, California, began routing traffic over appellant’s lines. The shipments with which we are here concerned were transported from…