MORGAN EXP. v. RAILROAD COM'N OF TEXAS

No. 3-87-088-CV.

749 S.W.2d 134 (1987)

MORGAN EXPRESS, INC., et al., Appellants, v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied March 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe K. Longley, Longley & Maxwell, Timothy J. Herman, Herman, Spellings & DeShazo, Austin, for Morgan Exp. Service, Inc., Beaver Exp. Service, Inc., Bluebonnet Exp., Inc., Liberty Tex-Pack Exp., Inc., Mistletoe Tex-Pack Exp., Inc., Northern Tex-Pack Exp., Inc., O & A Tex-Pack Exp., Inc., Southeast Tex-Pack Exp., Inc., and Western Tex-Pack, Inc.

Frank C. Brooks, Dallas, for Purolator Courier Corp.

Sam Hallman, Leroy Hallman, Dallas, for Trailways, Inc., Trailways Bus System, Inc., American Buslines, Inc., Trailways of Texas, Inc., Midwest Buslines, Inc., Trailways Southern Lines, Inc., Continental Panhandle Lines, Inc., and Mistletoe Exp. Service.

Philip Robinson, Dan Felts, Mert Starnes, John R. Whisenhunt, Robinson, Felts, Starnes, Angenend & Mashburn, Austin, for Central Freight Lines, Inc.

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Douglas Fraser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for R.R. Com'n of Texas.

Joe M. Kilgore, B.D. St. Clair, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, Austin, Irving R. Segal, William M. Barnes, Philadelphia, Owen T. Kinney, McElroy, Williams & Sullivan, Austin, for UPS, Inc.

Before POWERS, BRADY and ABOUSSIE, JJ.


POWERS, Justice.

The judgment of the district court upholds a final order of the Texas Railroad Commission establishing a tariff or schedule of rates and charges applicable to the intrastate transportation of packages by United Parcel Service, Inc. ("UPS"), a motor carrier subject to Commission regulation. In an appeal brought by numerous competing carriers, we will affirm the district-court judgment.1

UPS filed in the Commission...

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