Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United States
- Decided
- December 3, 1962
- Docket
- 27
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 2,566 timesSuperseded by statute (not yet verified)Possible negative treatment: superseded by statute (not yet verified) · Veterans Contracting Group, Inc. v. United States
What later courts said
- holding that post hoc rationalizations offered by counsel may not be used to justify agency decisions — Nehmer v. United States Veterans' Administration (1989)
- ruling that an agency’s decision may only “be upheld, if at all, on the same basis articulated ... by the agency itself’ — Nucor Corp. v. United States (2009)
- ruling that an agency's decision may only "be upheld, if at all, on the same basis articulated ... by the agency itself” — Nucor Corp. v. United States (2009)
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How the opinion begins
Mr. Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court.
These are direct appeals under 28 U. S. C. § 1253 from the judgment of a three-judge District Court, 194 F. Supp. 31 (S. D. Ill.), which upheld an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 79 M. C. C. 599, granting a motor common carrier application. This Court noted probable jurisdiction because of important questions raised as to the relationship and interplay between remedies available under the Interstate Commerce Act and under the National Labor Relations Act, as amended by the Labor Management Relations Act. 368 U. S. 951.
Appellee Nebraska Short Line Carriers, Inc., is a Nebraska corporation, organized in June 1956. All of its stock is owned by 12 motor carriers serving eastern and central Nebraska and interchanging interstate traffic at [*159] Omaha and other gateway points with over 20 larger trunk-line carriers, among whom are the appellant carriers, with whom through-route, joint-rate, interline arrangements have been established. Some of the stockholder carriers serve Nebraska communities without other motor carrier or rail service.
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Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United States, 371 U.S. 156 (1962)Read the full opinion
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