AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSNS. v. FRISCO CO.

No. 15.

358 U.S. 133 (1958)

AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, INC., ET AL. v. FRISCO TRANSPORTATION CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 15, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter T. Beardsley argued the causes for appellants in Nos. 15 and 16. With him on a brief for appellants in No. 15 were Gregory M. Rebman and Wentworth E. Griffin.

Carroll J. Donohue, Clarence M. Mulholland, James L. Highsaw, Jr. and Edward J. Hickey, Jr. filed a brief for the Railway Labor Executives' Association et al., appellants in No. 16.

Robert W. Ginnane argued the cause for the Interstate Commerce Commission. With him on the brief was Charlie H. Johns, Jr.

Ernest D. Grinnell, Jr. argued the causes for appellee. With him on the brief were James L. Homire, John E. McCullough, Alvin J. Baumann and Bernard G. Ostmann.

Solicitor General Rankin filed a memorandum for the United States.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue here is whether the Interstate Commerce Commission has the power to modify certificates of public convenience and necessity containing inadvertent errors, and, if so, whether, in the circumstances of these cases, the Commission could modify certificates which had inadvertently authorized the performance of unrestricted motor carrier services by a wholly owned subsidiary of a railroad.

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