Blue & Grey Transit Inc. v. United States

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

Acting on a request from Trailways, Inc. made on April 30,1979, the Interstate Commerce Commission on July 12, 1979,1 announced that temporary authority to operate interstate bus service would be granted to any person who applied for it and who met certain criteria relating to the proposed new service. Ex parte No. MC-126, General Temporary Order No. 18, 44 Fed.Reg. 41,999 (1979).2 Such temporary authority *439was in every case to expire on September 25, 1979.

The request of Trailways and the action of the Commission stemmed from a perceived substantial gasoline shortage…