Moeller v. Interstate Commerce Commission’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2323
Relies on United States v. Pierce Auto Freight Lines, Inc. · Colorado v. United States · Transit Commission of State of New York v. United States · United States Feldspar Corp. v. United States · Town of Inlet v. New York Cent. R.
Most-quoted passages
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“[I]n the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity the Commission need not determine with mathematical exactness the extent of the burden imposed upon interstate commerce by the operation of a branch line; . . . such burden might involve various elements, and . . . if upon the whole proof the conclusion was warranted that continued operation would in fact unreasonably burden the interstate commerce of the carrier, the Commission was justified in authorizing abandonment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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