Dart Trucking Company, Inc. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission

This is an action by Dart Trucking Co., Inc., a motor carrier, to review and set aside orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission entered in its Docket No. MC-121420 (Sub. Nos. E1 and E2). The Commission refused to eliminate certain of Dart’s gateways which would have effected the announced ICC policy of reducing operating mileage and saving fuel. The sole ground stated by the Commission for its action is that Dart’s “letter-notices” were filed too late.

For many years the Commission permitted irregular-route motor common carriers to combine or “tack” separate and unrestricted 1 operating…