FILED-RATE DOCTRINE

filed-rate doctrine.A common-law rule forbidding a regulated entity, usu. a common carrier,

to charge a rate other than the one on file with the appropriate federal regulatory authority, such as

(formerly) the Interstate Commerce Commission. — Also termed filed-tariff doctrine. See

TARIFF (3). [Cases: Carriers 189; Public Utilities 119.1. C.J.S. Aeronautics and Aerospace §

231; Carriers §§ 470–472, 474.][Blacks Law 8th]