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CASTLE v. HAYES FREIGHT LINES

No. 44.

348 U.S. 61 (1954)

CASTLE, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. v. HAYES FREIGHT LINES, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 6, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Davidson, Jr., First Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Latham Castle, Attorney General, Mark O. Roberts, Special Assistant Attorney General, and William C. Wines and Lee D. Martin, Assistant Attorneys General.

David Axelrod argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Jack Goodman and Carl L. Steiner.

Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed by Edwin K. Steers, Attorney General, and J. D. Wright and Arthur H. Gemmer, Deputy Attorneys General, for the State of Indiana; and Charles C. Collins and Ode L. Rankin for the American Automobile Association, Inc.

Peter T. Beardsley filed a brief for the American Trucking Associations, Inc., as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case raises important questions concerning the power of states to bar interstate motor carriers from use of state roads as punishment for repeated violations of state highway regulations. The respondent Hayes Freight Lines, Inc. is such a carrier transporting goods to and from many points in Illinois and seven other states.1 This extensive interstate business is done under a certificate...

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