Be-Mac Transport Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission

Rock Island Transfer and Storage Company (hereafter Rock Island) and Michigan Express, Inc., are common carriers by motor vehicle of property. They jointly applied to the Illinois Commerce Commission for authority to transfer Rock Island’s certificate of public convenience and necessity as a common carrier to Michigan Express. Appellees, who are apparently competing carriers, intervened in the hearing before the Commission but offered no evidence in opposition. The Commission approved the transfer of Routes 1 through 14, but held Route 15 had been abandoned and denied transfer as to it.…