INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM'N v. SOUTHWEST FREIGHT LINES

No. 5472.

86 F.Supp. 587 (1949)

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION v. SOUTHWEST FREIGHT LINES, Inc.

United States District Court W. D. Missouri, W. D.

October 15, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Murray, Gregory U. Harmon, Hugh E. Lillie, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiff.

Oscar S. Brewer, Kansas City, Mo., Clarence D. Todd, J., Washington D.C., for defendant.

Walter V. Huston, Kansas City, Mo., for Knaus Truck Lines, Inc., amicus curiae.

Lee Reeder, Kansas City, Mo., for Mid-States Freight Lines, amicus curiae.


RIDGE, District Judge.

As a common carrier by motor vehicle, defendant, Southwest Freight Lines, Inc., has "regular route" and "irregular route radial service" authority, to transport in interstate commerce general commodities between certain points and places specified in a certificate of convenience and necessity, duly issued to it by the Interstate Commerce Commission.

The contention is here made that defendant is violating the authority so granted to it...

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