The case concerned the decision by the Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe to construct Interstate 40 through Overton Park in Memphis, Tennessee.
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McCormack was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Massachusetts in 1966, where he lost to Republican incumbent John A. Volpe, the first time that the term of that office was extended from two to four years.
During his administration as Secretary of Transportation, Amtrak was created.
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In 1953, he was appointed as the Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Works, and in 1956 he was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower as the first administrator of the Federal Highway Administration.
Advocated for the New York City region as well as a Boston to Washington line by the Regional Plan Association, — the invention was praised by Secretary of Transportation John Volpe as well as editorials in The New York Times and professional and scientific journals.