Weaver Bros., Inc. v. Alaska Transportation Commission

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This case challenges a decision of the Alaska Transportation Commission, approving the transfer of a motor carrier permit. Orville G. Ness, doing business as O. G. Ness Truck Company, applied to the Alaska Transportation Commission for approval to transfer his motor carrier permit 1 to K & W Trucking Co., Inc. Three carriers filed protests to this transfer application, but two of them withdrew from the case, leaving appellant Weaver Bros., Inc. as the sole protestant.

Weaver Bros.’ principal objection was that certain portions of Ness’s operating authority were dormant,…