Legal Opinion

Virginia Appalachian Lumber Corp. v. Interstate Commerce Commission

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided September 26, 1979No. Nos. 77-1610, 78-1429 and 78-1670PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROBB.

ROBB, Circuit Judge:

The petitioner, Virginia Appalachian Lumber Corporation, known as VALCO, is an irregular route common carrier engaged in the transportation of new furniture from points in Virginia and North Carolina to points in ten western states. In these consolidated cases VALCO attacks (1) the “Fitness Flagging” Procedures of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and (2) the denial by the Commission of VALCO’s application for operating authority, upon the grounds that VALCO is unfit to conduct the proposed operations. A brief review of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
North American Van Lines, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1976

3Cited by1 opinion

Virginia Appalachian Lumber Corporation v. Interstate Commerce Commission and the United States of America, Virginia Appalachian Lumber Corporation v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Roy Stone Transfer Corporation, W & L Motor Lines, Inc., and Wall Trucking Co., Inc., Norton-Ramsey Motor Lines, Inc., Intervenors. Virginia Appalachian Lumber Corporation v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Norton Ramsey Motor Lines, Inc., W & L Motor Lines, Inc., Blue Ridge Transfer Co., Inc., and Roy Stone Transfer Corporation, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979