So. Pac. Terminal Co. v. Int. Comm. Comm., 219 U.S. 498 (1911) (Nos. 459,460)

Case name: So. Pac. Terminal Co. v. Int. Comm. Comm. Opinion filed: 1911-02-20 Docket No.: 459,460 Citations: • 219 U.S. 498 • 31 S. Ct. 279 • 55 L. Ed. 310 • 1911 U.S. LEXIS 1650 Case holding summaries: • allowing a challenge to a temporary ICC cease and desist order after the order had already expired • linked docks and common carrier railroads • holding that a federal court may retain jurisdiction in an otherwise moot case if the challenged action is too short in duration for timely review and there is a reasonable expectation that the complaining party will be subject to the same action again • holding case not moot when challenged administrative order expired because ICC proceedings are continuing and their consideration ought not be defeated by short term orders "capable of repetition, yet evading review" • articulating an exception to the mootness doctrine • employing for the first time, at least at the United States Supreme Court level, the "capable of repetition, yet evading review" formulation • cease-and-desist order of the I.C.C. involved continuing questions, despite expiration of order challenged • holding that order that 19 expires by its terms after two years evades review • reviewing order of the ICC requiring operator of public shipping company to cease giving preferences to private citizens • allowing a challenge to an Interstate Commerce Commission order that had expired because such order should not be defeated "as they might be, by short term orders, capable of repetition, yet evading review." • challenge to ICC cease- and-desist orders in effect for no more than two years • short term orders of ICC are capable of repetition, yet evading review • ICC's order expired by its own terms within two years • challenge to short-term ICC orders which ordinarily would expire before Supreme Court review • order that expires by its terms after two years evades review • holding that a case is not moot if the alleged wrong is "capable of repetition, yet evad