· 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
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- 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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