(DOWNLOAD) "Anthony Augliera, Inc. v. Loughlin" by Supreme Court of Connecticut " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Anthony Augliera, Inc. v. Loughlin
- Author : Supreme Court of Connecticut
- Release Date : January 08, 1962
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 74 KB
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The plaintiffs, Anthony Augliera, Inc.,
Roy Hurlburt, and the Nygard Express Company,
are motor contract carriers operating under
certificates issued by the public utilities
commission. See General Statutes 16-281 (d),
16-292. The plaintiffs have appealed from a
judgment of the Superior Court which dismissed
their appeal from an order of the commission of
June 9, 1960, raising their rates on the carriage
of iron and steel articles to the level of the
rates for those articles applicable to motor
common carriers under a rate stabilization order
of the commission, Docket No. 9652, dated April
15, 1959. The plaintiffs claim that the order of
June 9, 1960, is illegal, arbitrary and unreasonable
and that it will destroy their transportation
business with shippers for whom they have contracted
to carry iron and steel. General Statutes 16-296 provides, inter alia,
that the commission may, on its own motion after a
hearing, prescribe minimum rates and charges
covering the operation of motor contract carriers
in intrastate competition with motor common carriers;
that such minimum rates and charges "shall
give no advantage or preference to any such contract
carrier in competition with any common carrier
by motor vehicle . . . which the commission finds
to be undue or inconsistent with the public
interest"; and that each contract carrier shall
[149 Conn. 481]