Interstate Commerce Commission v. Transcon Lines’s Empirical Analysis
968 F.2d 798 · 1992
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Allen v. Wright · Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · Carnegie v. United States · North Carolina v. Rice
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“What is otherwise provided by separate statutory provisions are that the rates may not be unreasonably discriminatory, 49 U.S.C. § 10741; must be reasonable, 49 U.S.C. § 10701; and may be on credit under regulations issued by the ICC, 49 U.S.C. § 10743. The ICC also has the initial responsibility of determining if a rate is unreasonably discriminatory or unreasonable, or if”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The class rate came from the National Motor Freight Classification, filed with the ICC on behalf of Transcon and other carriers by the National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. In this gigantic compilation of shippable goods, a class was assigned to every shippable object in terms of its weight, shape and other characteristics affecting transportability.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“were also filed by agents for various collectivities of carriers, e.g., the Rocky Mountain Tariff Bureau. The bureau tariff determines the cost of movement by carrier between any two points in the United States for the goods classified under the National Motor Freight Classification. This freight charge, commonly referred to as”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.