Opinion ID: 299349
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: Looking Back To Look Ahead

Text: 32 Without casting blame on parties, counsel, Commission or Court, but accepting responsibility for that attributable to us, 32 the time table in this case is not a happy picture in terms of discontinuance of operations held consistently to be illegal. 33 For six years these shippers have engaged in unlawful transportation. 33 With the presumption against the validity of these lease-rentals with drivers obtained from outside sources 34 and the almost invariable determination of illegality by the ICC and Courts, 35 we are convinced the shoe should be on the other foot. 34 District Courts should therefore be cautious in granting temporary or interim injunctive relief against enforcement actions by public officers, Federal or State. Probability of ultimate success as a factor justifying interim relief 36 has too often gone unconsidered. Such an approach would fit in with the structure of regulation, which puts upon the transporter the duty to obtain a certificate or permit and, pending the determination of the application, the obligation to obtain a temporary authorization based upon a showing of immediate and urgent need, 49 U.S.C.A. § 310a. This alternative would likewise give recognition to the Congressional policy expressed in the 1965 Amendments 37 aiming toward more effective and speedy Federal court enforcement proceedings. 35 Affirmed.