Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-501 (2026)

Common carrier, declaration; commission jurisdiction; rules and regulations; validity

✓ current as of July 2026

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Any person who transports, transmits, conveys, or stores liquid or gas by pipeline for hire in Nebraska intrastate commerce shall be a common carrier subject to commission regulation. The commission shall adopt, promulgate, and enforce reasonable rules and regulations establishing minimum state safety standards for the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of pipelines which transport liquefied petroleum gas or anhydrous ammonia in intrastate commerce by common carriers. Such rules and regulations, and the interpretations thereof, shall conform with the rules, regulations, and interpretations of the appropriate federal agencies with authority to regulate pipeline common carriers in interstate commerce. Any person may determine the validity of any such rule or regulation in such manner as provided by law.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases, 1931–2015 · leading case: City of Scottsbluff v. United Tel. Co. of the West, 106 N.W.2d 12 (Neb. 1960).

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City of Scottsbluff v. United Tel. Co. of the West, 106 N.W.2d 12 (Neb. 1960). · cites it 4× “Finally, we turn to the issue of whether the commission had the power to enter orders as such permitting defendant to amend and revise its rules and *241 regulations and thereby pass the occupation tax imposed by plaintiff on to its subscribers within the city pro rata and…”

Nebraska Limestone Producers Ass'n v. All Nebraska Railroads, 97 N.W.2d 331 (Neb. 1959). “Some discrimination cannot be avoided. Rates must be adjusted on other considerations than that merely of bringing about economic equality.”

United Mineral Prods. Co. v. Nebraska Railroads of W. Trunk Lines Comm., 131 N.W.2d 388 (Neb. 1964). · cites it 2× “* * * Section 75-501 provides for a revision or modification of the rates charged, but only upon a hearing before the commission, with due notice to the common carriers affected.”

Thompson v. Heineman (Neb. 2015). · cites it 14× “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-501 (Reissue 2009) does not define the whole field of pipeline common carriers.”

Chicago & North W. Ry. Co. v. Mallory, 23 N.W.2d 735 (Neb. 1946). · cites it 2× “1929, now sections 75-501 and 75-502, R. S. 1943, as an unlawful preference in view of said shipment.”

Platte Sand & Gravel Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R., 238 N.W. 766 (Neb. 1931). · cites it 2× “Section 75-501 provides for a revision or modification of the rates charged, but only upon a hearing before the commission, with due notice to the common carriers affected.”

L. E. Whitlock Truck Serv., Inc. v. Shippers Oil Field Traffic Ass'n, 105 N.W.2d 588 (Neb. 1960). “A common carrier is bound to carry at equal rates for all customers in like condition and, ofttimes what appears to be an economic discrimination is not an unjust discrimination inhibited by sections 75-501 and 75-502, R. R. S. 1943.”

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