[386] 257 U.S. 563 (1922).
[387] In North Carolina v. United States, 325 U.S. 507 (1945), the Court disallowed as ultra vires an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, setting aside State-prescribed intrastate passenger rates, on the ground that it was unsupported by clear findings and evidence sufficient to show its necessity.
Among the various provisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission Act that have been sustained in specific decisions are the following: a provision penalizing shippers for obtaining transportation at less than published rates, Armour Packing Co. v. United States, 209 U.S. 56 (1908); the so-called "commodities clause" of the Hepburn Act of June 29, 1906, construed as prohibiting the hauling of commodities in which the carrier had at the time of haul a proprietary interest, United States v. Delaware & H. Co., 213 U.S. 366 (1909); a provision of the same act abrogating life passes, Louisville & N.R. Co. v. Mottley, 219 U.S. 467 (1911); a provision of the same act authorizing the Commission to regulate the entire system of bookkeeping of interstate carriers, including intrastate accounts, Interstate Commerce Commission v. Goodrich Transit Co., 224 U.S. 194 (1912); the "long and short haul" clause of the Interstate Commerce Act, United States v. Atchison, T. & S.F.R. Co. (Intermountain Rate Cases), 234 U.S. 476 (1914); an order of the Commission establishing the so-called uniform zone or block system of express rates, American Express Co. v. South Dakota ex rel. Caldwell, 244 U.S. 617 (1917); an order of the Commission directing the abandonment of an intrastate branch of an interstate railroad, Colorado v. United States, 271 U.S. 153 (1926); an order of the Commission fixing rates of a transportation company operating solely in the District of Columbia, on the ground that its carriage of passengers constituted part of an interstate movement, United States v. Capital Transit Co., 338 U.S. 286 (1949).
[388] United States v. Ohio Oil Co. (Pipe Line Cases), 234 U.S. 548 (1914).
[389] See also State Corp. Commission v. Wichita Gas Co., 290 U.S. 561 (1934); Eureka Pipe Line Co. v. Hallanan, 257 U.S. 265 (1921); United Fuel Gas Co. v. Hallanan, 257 U.S. 277 (1921); Pennsylvania v. West Virginia, 262 U.S. 553 (1923); Missouri ex rel. Barrett v. Kansas Natural Gas Co., 265 U.S. 298 (1924).
[390] Public Utilities Com. v. Attleboro Steam and Electric Co., 273 U.S. 83 (1927). See also Utah Power & Light Co. v. Pfost, 286 U.S. 165 (1932).
[391] 49 Stat. 838.
[392] The Natural Gas Act of 1938, 52 Stat. 821.
[393] 315 U.S. 575 (1942).
[394] Ibid. 582. Sales to distributors by a wholesaler of natural gas which is delivered to it from an out-of-State source are subject to the rate-making powers of the Federal Power Commission. Colorado-Wyoming Co. v. Comm'n., 324 U.S. 626 (1945). See also Illinois Natural Gas Co. v. Central Illinois Pub. Serv. Co., 314 U.S. 498 (1942); also Federal Power Commission v. East Ohio Gas Co., 338 U.S. 464, decided January 9, 1950, where it was held that a natural gas company which, while operating exclusively in one State, sold there directly to consumers gas transported into the State through the interstate lines of other companies, "a natural gas company" within the meaning of the act of 1938, and so could be required by the Commission to keep uniform accounts and submit reports.