BOYCE MOTOR LINES V. UNITED STATES
342 U.S. 337 (1952)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a dispute over a violation of an ICC regulation for the
transportation of dangerous explosives.
FACTS: Boyce (D) was indicted on three counts of carrying carbon bisulphide through the
Holland Tunnel. On the third trip, a load exploded in the tunnel and about sixty persons
were injured. The indictment alleged that there were other available and more practicable
routes for the transportation of such a dangerous cargo. The indictment also alleged that D
knew it was a violation of the ICC regulations to make such a shipment through the tunnel.
The District Court dismissed the counts of the indictment based on the regulation in
question holding that it was invalid; the words 'so far as practicable, and, where feasible'
as so vague and indefinite as to make the standard of guilt conjectural. The Court of
Appeals reversed.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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