HOWARD HALL CO. v. U.S.

No. 210.

315 U.S. 495 (1942)

HOWARD HALL CO., INC. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Allan Watkins, with whom Mr. Edgar Watkins was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Nelson Thomas, with whom Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Arnold, and Messrs. Frank Coleman and Daniel W. Knowlton were on the brief, for appellees.

Mr. James W. Wrape filed a brief on behalf of the Regular Common Carrier Conference of the American Trucking Associations, Inc., as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case, like United States v. Carolina Freight Carriers Corp., ante, p. 475, is an appeal from a district court of three judges (38 F.Supp. 556) convened to review an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission (24 M.C.C. 273) granting appellant a certificate of public convenience and necessity as a common carrier by motor vehicle under the so-called "grandfather...

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