Steere Tank Lines, Inc. v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America

Petitioner Steere Tank Lines, Inc. appeals the grant of a certificate of public convenience and necessity to Petroleum Transport, Inc. Steere argues, first, that the Interstate Commerce Commission’s findings supporting the certificate were arbitrary and capricious and not based on substantial evidence, and second, that Steere in any event should have been given the chance to cross examine Petroleum Transport’s witnesses at an oral hearing. For the reasons set out below, we reject both arguments and find that the Commission’s determinations were not arbitrary and capricious and were based on…