Maher v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1938
Citation profile
1 district ·
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Applies 49 U.S.C. § 306
Relies on Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. · Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co. v. United States · Interstate Commerce Commission v. Union Pacific Railroad · Chicago Junction Case · Buck v. Kuykendall
Most-quoted passages
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“Any certificate'issued under section 206 or 207 shall specify the service to be rendered and the routes over which, the fixed termini, if any, between which, and the intermediate and off-route points, if any, at which, and in case of operations not over specified routes or between fixed termini, the territory within which, the motor carrier is authorized to operate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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