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Pittsburgh & New England Trucking Co. v. United States

District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Decided October 16, 1972No. Civ. A. 71-979PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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DUMBAULD, District Judge.

This is a suit (under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1336 and 2325) 1 before a three-judge court to set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission.2 The basic question at issue is whether the Commission acted validly when it interpreted a “heavy hauler’s” certificate (which limits the holder’s operating authority to transportation of “commodities which by reason of size or weight require the use of special equipment”) as not permitting the transportation of articles which do not require special equipment by reason of their inherent or intrinsic characteristics or…

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  3. West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  4. Haley v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. Helvering v. HallockSupreme Court of the United States · 1940

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Trans-American Van Service, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1976
  2. Donovan v. Tony and Susan Alamo FoundationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  3. Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. Union Mechling v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
  5. Donovan v. Tony & Susan Alamo FoundationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983

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