Steele v. General Mills, Inc. (329 U.S. 433)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided January 6, 1947 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 329 U.S. 433 · 67 S. Ct. 439
- Decided
- January 6, 1947
- Term
- October Term 1946
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Black
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
Me. Justice Black delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner and respondent entered, in to a written contract under which the petitioner was to transport goods for respondent by truck entirely within the State of Texas at “such rates, charges or tariffs as may be fixed by the Railroad Commission of the State of Texas.” Based on that contract petitioner applied to the Commission for a permit to operate as a contract carrier pursuant to rules of the Railroad Commission promulgated under Texas law which grants regulatory power over transportation to that Commission. Article 911b, §§ 1 to 22 (b), Rev. Stat. of Tex. Petitioner’s application stated that “the tariff to be charged for the service proposed to be rendered will be that as promulgated by the Railroad Commission of Texas.” After notice and hearing, at which petitioner and a representative of respondent testified, the Commission made an order which stated that “after carefully considering the evidence, the laws and its own rules and regulations,” the Commission was of the opinion that “the character of business proposed to be done by the applicant strictly conforms with the definition of a contract carrier.” The order directed that petitioner be granted a permit, which was later issued, to transport goods for respondent in Texas, but directed attention to the fact that the Commission’s “tariffs and orders prescribed as…
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