United Truck Lines, Inc. v. Interstate Commerce Commission

The Interstate Commerce Commission had judgment below enjoining appellant, United Truck Lines, from transporting freight by motor vehicle over highway U. S. 30 between Boise, Idaho, and Pasco, Benton County, Washington. The Commission’s suit for injunctive relief was grounded on the claim that no. certificate of pubic convenience and necessity had been issued the carrier for such operation, and with this view the court agreed.

United operates extensively in the northwestern states under a series of certificates granted by the Commission. In 1944 it was authorized to transport property ■ between Seattle and Spokane, Washington, by way of Ellensbúrg and Davenport, and between Portland, Oregon, and Spokane by way of Vancouver and Maryhill, Washington, through Toppenish and Pasco in that state. In 1948 a certificate was issued it to transport freight between Portland and Pasco over U. S. 30, this route being to the south and east of the Columbia River between those points. In the latter year, also, it was given authority to transport between Boise, Idaho, and Spokane over what is commonly known as the North-South Highway (U. S. 95) running northerly from Boise through Grangeville and…