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· 3/11/1946

United States v. Pierce Auto Freight Lines, Inc.

Citations

  • 327 U.S. 515
  • 66 S. Ct. 687
  • 90 L. Ed. 821
  • 1946 U.S. LEXIS 3042

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding by Interstate Commerce Commission that applicant for license is financially fit must have some factual foundation on the record
  • finding by Interstate Commerce Commission that applicant for license is financially fit must have some factual foundation on the record
  • reviewing court may intervene if \there has been a prejudicial departure from requirements of the law or an abuse of the Commission's discretion\
  • rejecting and characterizing a similar claim as “a legal version of the scriptural injunction against letting one’s right hand know what one’s left hand may be doing”
  • reviewing court may intervene if “there has been a prejudicial departure from requirements of the law or an abuse of the Commission’s discretion’’
  • function of reviewing court \limited to ascertaining whether there is warrant in the law and the facts\ for Commission's action

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Judges: Douglas, Jackson, Rutledge

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