Legal Opinion

Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway v. Interstate Commerce Commission

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided January 23, 1979No. 77-1665PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by WILKEY, Circuit Judge.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the procedures through which the Interstate Commerce Act protects railroads from intrastate rates which discriminate against interstate commerce. Petitioners, certain interstate railroads operating in the state of North Carolina, seek review of Interstate Commerce Commission orders1 rejecting a tariff filing which the Commission claims it has no authority to process. The tariff sought to apply to traffic moving wholly within North Carolina a four per cent general rate increase that had previously…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP)Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. City of Greenwood v. PeacockSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  5. Municipal Light Boards of Reading and Wakefield Massachusetts v. Federal Power Commission, Boston Edison Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Houston Lighting & Power Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
  2. The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
  3. Houston Lighting & Power Company v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Burlington Northern, Inc., Intervenor. Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ry. Co., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
  4. Carolina, Clinchfield And Ohio Railway v. Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979

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