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49 U.S.C. § 306

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“(a)Study.—“(1)In general.—The Agreement should provide for the Commission to study and assess, on the basis of all available relevant information, the feasibility and advisability of linking the rail system in Alaska to the North American continental rail system through the continuation of the rail system in Alaska from its northeastern terminus to a connection with the continental rail system in Canada.“(2)Specific issues.—The Agreement should provide for the study and assessment to include the consideration of the following issues:“(A) Railroad engineering.“(B) Land ownership.“(C) Geology.“(D) Proximity to mineral, timber, tourist, and other resources.“(E) Market outlook.“(F) Environmental considerations.“(G) Social effects, including changes in the use or availability of natural resources.“(H) Potential financing mechanisms.“(3)Route.—The Agreement should provide for the Commission, upon finding that it is feasible and advisable to link the rail system in Alaska as described in paragraph (1), to determine one or more recommended routes for the rail segment that establishes the linkage, taking into consideration cost, distance, access to potential freight markets, environmental matters, existing corridors that are already used for ground transportation, the route surveyed by the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II and such other factors as the Commission determines relevant.“(4)Combined corridor evaluation.—The Agreement should also provide for the Commission to consider whether it would be feasible and advisable to combine the power transmission infrastructure and petroleum product pipelines of other utilities into one corridor with a rail extension of the rail system of Alaska.“(b)Report.—The Agreement should require the Commission to submit to Congress and the Secretary of Transportation and to the Minister of Transport of the Government of Canada, not later than 3 years after the Commission commencement date, a report on the results of the study, including the Commission’s findings regarding the feasibility and advisability of linking the rail system in Alaska as described in subsection (a)(1) and the Commission’s recommendations regarding the preferred route and any alternative routes for the rail segment establishing the linkage.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 306 cases, 1935–2020 · leading case: Bostock v. Clayton Cnty., 140 S. Ct. 1731 (2020).
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Bostock v. Clayton Cnty., 140 S. Ct. 1731 (2020). · cites it 2× “§1708 (Discrimination Prohibited in Rights of Access to, and Benefits From, Con- veyed Lands)  49 U. S. C. §306 (b) (Duties of the Secretary of Transportation; Prohibited Discrimination)  49 U.”
Gregg Cartage & Storage Co. v. United States, 316 U.S. 74 (1942). · cites it 4× “This appeal is from a judgment of a statutory three-judge court denying appellants' petition to set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission refusing the Gregg Cartage & Storage Company a certificate of public convenience and necessity under the so-called grandfather…”
Connick v. Thompson, 179 L. Ed. 2d 417 (2011). “49 U.S.C. § 306 (e) (authorizing the Attorney General to bring a civil action when he “has reason to believe that a person is engaged in a pattern or practice [of] violating this section’’).”
McLean Trucking Co. v. United States, 321 U.S. 67 (1944). · cites it 2× “[17] No motor carrier can operate in interstate commerce without a certificate of public convenience and necessity, 49 U.S.C. § 306 , 49 Stat. 551 , 52 Stat.”
United States v. Carolina Freight Carriers Corp., 315 U.S. 475 (1942). · cites it 2× “543 , 551, 49 U.S.C. § 306 ), now designated as Part II of the Interstate Commerce Act.”
Connick v. Thompson, 131 S. Ct. 1350 (2011). · cites it 2× “”); 49 U. S. C. §306 (e) (authorizing the Attorney General to bring a civil action when he “has reason to believe that a person is engaged in a pattern or practice [of] violating this section”).”
Spector Motor Serv., Inc. v. Walsh, 139 F.2d 809 (2d Cir. 1944). · cites it 2× “Moreover, its permit from the Interstate Commerce Commission — granted under the so-called "grandfather clause" of § 206(a) of the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C.A. § 306 (a) — limits its traffic, except for lines from St.”
Nashua Motor Express, Inc. v. United States, 230 F. Supp. 646 (D.N.H. 1964). · cites it 3× “Plaintiff alleges that it holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity which was originally issued to plaintiff’s predecessor, Philip Michael, pursuant to the “grandfather” provision now contained in 49 U.S.C. § 306 (a) (1). Michael, a Gi'eek immigrant whose formal…”
Trans-Am. Van Serv., Inc. v. United States, 421 F. Supp. 308 (N.D. Tex. 1976). · cites it 2× “a certificate shall be issued to any qualified applicant therefor, authorizing the whole or any part of the operations covered by the application, if it is found that the applicant is fit, willing, and able properly to perform the service proposed and to conform to the…”
Watson Bros. Transp. Co. v. United States, 59 F. Supp. 762 (D. Neb. 1945). · cites it 5× “d Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa (all included within the general designation of the “tri-cities” area) and Grinnell and Iowa City in Iowa, as intermediate and off-route points on a regular route between Omaha, Nebraska, and Chicago, llinois, following, at all material points,…”
Org. of Minority Vendors, Inc. v. Illinois Cent. Gulf R.R., 579 F. Supp. 574 (N.D. Ill. 1983). · cites it 2× “49 U.S.C. § 306 . 6 Similarly, the statute creating the MBRC, 49 U.”
J. B. Montgomery, Inc. v. United States, 206 F. Supp. 455 (D. Colo. 1962). · cites it 5× “(2) The “grandfather” provisions of the Motor Carrier Act, Section 206(a) (1) [ 49 U.S.C.A. § 306 (a) (1)], authorize the Commission to assure “substantial parity” between future operations and prior bona fide operations; that Section 212(c) is in the nature of a “grandfather”…”
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— 49 U.S.C. § 306(a) — 16 cases
Agric. Transp. Ass'n of Texas v. Wilbur C. King, 349 F.2d 873 (5th Cir. 1965).
Watson Bros. Transp. Co. v. United States, 59 F. Supp. 762 (D. Neb. 1945). “d Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa (all included within the general designation of the “tri-cities” area) and Grinnell and Iowa City in Iowa, as intermediate and off-route points on a regular route between Omaha, Nebraska, and Chicago, llinois, following, at all material points,…”
Interstate Com. Comm'n v. Jamestown Farmers Union Federated Coop. Transp. Ass'n, 57 F. Supp. 749 (D. Minnesota 1944).
McCracken v. United States, 47 F. Supp. 444 (D. Or. 1942).
Arrowhead Freight Lines, Ltd. v. United States, 114 F. Supp. 804 (S.D. Cal. 1953).
— 49 U.S.C. § 306(a)(1) — 1 case
Chem. Leaman Tank Lines, Inc. v. A. J. Weigand, Inc., 359 F. Supp. 1238 (D. Del. 1973).
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