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Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-1 (2026)

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This chapter may be cited as the "Mississippi Motor Carrier Regulatory Law of 1938."

Codes, 1942, § 7632; Laws, 1938, ch. 142.

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Cited in 6 cases, 1982–2003 · leading case: S. Motor Carriers Rate Conf., Inc. v. United States, 471 U.S. 48 (1985).
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S. Motor Carriers Rate Conf., Inc. v. United States, 471 U.S. 48 (1985). · cites it 2× “B The Mississippi Motor Carrier Regulatory Law of 1938, Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-1 et seq. (1972 and Supp.”
Consol. Gas Co. of Florida, Inc. v. City Gas Co. of Florida, a Florida Corp., 912 F.2d 1262 (11th Cir. 1990). · cites it 2× “(citing Miss.Code Ann. §§ 77-7-1, 221). The Court held that this statute made clear the legislature’s intent that rates should be determined by a regulatory agency rather than by the market.”
Southwood Door Co. v. Burton, 847 So. 2d 833 (Miss. 2003). “Southwood is thus correct that the federal drug testing regulations preempt Mississippi's drug testing statute, Miss.Code Ann. §§ 77-7-1 to 71-7-33 (Rev.”
Massachusetts Furniture & Piano Movers Ass'n, Inc. v. Fed. Trade Comm'n, 773 F.2d 391 (1st Cir. 1985). “Nevertheless, the Court found that the statute clearly embodied that state legislature’s intent to displace price competition among common carriers with a regulatory structure because the Mississippi Motor Carrier Regulatory Law of 1938, Miss.Code Ann. § 77-7-1 et seq. (1972 and…”
United States v. S. Motor Carriers Rate Conf., Inc., 672 F.2d 469 (5th Cir. 1982). · cites it 2× “Finally, Mississippi in Miss.Code Ann. §§ 77-7-1 to -341 merely contemplates cooperation among carriers to the limited extent of establishing “joint rates.”
United States v. S. Motor Carriers Rate Conf., Inc., 702 F.2d 532 (5th Cir. 1983). “A 1942 order of the Alabama Public Service Commission requires carriers to “prepare, publish and file with the Commission an individual tariff or ... participate in an agency issue.”
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