Legal Opinion
Merchants Fast Motor Lines, Inc. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 5, 1976No. 75--2191PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge.
Merchants petitions us to set aside the grant of a permanent alternate route by the Interstate Commerce Commission to a competing'carrier, Whitfield. Merchants argues that the ICC’s approval of the route is invalid because of lack of jurisdiction and insufficiency of the evidence. The central issue posed by Merchants is whether the ICC has jurisdiction to permit an interstate carrier to move traffic interstate in character, for operating convenience only, over an alternate route that lies wholly within a single state. We think it is clear that the ICC has such…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- The State of Texas v. Anderson, Clayton & CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Baggett Transportation Company v. Hughes Transportation, Inc., and Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- State of Texas v. Anderson, Clayton & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
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