STATE EX REL. UTIL COM'N v. MOTOR CAR. TRAF. ASS'N. INC.

No. 721OUC685.

192 S.E.2d 580 (1972)

16 N.C. App. 515

STATE of North Carolina ex rel. UTILITIES COMMISSION et al., Intervenors, v. MOTOR CARRIERS' TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION, INC., Agent, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 22, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Hipp, Commission Atty., and Maurice W. Horne, Asst. Commission Atty., Raleigh, for plaintiff appellee North Carolina Utilities Commission.

Maupin, Taylor & Ellis by Thomas W. H. Alexander, Raleigh, and Belnap, McCarthy, Spencer, Sweeney & Harkaway, by Daniel J. Sweeney, Chicago, Ill., for intervenor appellees.

Bailey, Dixon, Wooten & McDonald by J. Ruffin Bailey and Ralph McDonald, Raleigh, for respondent appellants.


GRAHAM, Judge.

Just and reasonable rates for intrastate common carriers are to be determined by the Commission on the basis of the ratios of the carriers' operating expenses to their operating revenues. G.S. § 62-146(g). (An operating ratio of 100% means that for every dollar of freight revenue received, the carrier spends a dollar in operating expenses.) A determination of intrastate operating ratios must be based on revenues and expenses incurred in North Carolina...

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