American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

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• declaring that an agency, “in light of reconsideration of the relevant facts and its mandate, may alter its past interpretation and overturn past administrative rulings”
• allowing the Interstate Commerce Commission to adopt rules, pursuant to notice and comment, which altered its previous policies regarding trailer-on-flatcar service
• distinguishing present entitlement of motor carriers to use of railroad open tariffs for trailer-on-flatcar service from joint intermodal through rates permissible under proposed legislation.
• distinguishing present entitlement of motor carriers to use of railroad open tariffs for trailer-on-flatcar service from joint intermodal through rates permissible under proposed legislation.
• discussing common carrier obligations and stating “[r]ates were required to be reasonable, but discrimination in the form of unequal rates as among shippers was not forbidden” at common law
• discussing common carrier obligations and stating “[r]ates were required to be rea- sonable, but discrimination in the form of unequal rates as among shippers was not forbidden” at common law

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