Legal Opinion
Orscheln Bros. Truck Lines v. Zenith Electric Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 10, 1990No. Nos. 89-1261, 89-1329, 89-1330PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
A motor carrier’s trustee in bankruptcy sued a shipper to recover moneys that the applicable tariffs required the shipper to pay. The shipper argued that the carrier’s attempt to collect the money due under the two tariffs in question was, in the circumstances, an unreasonable practice, forbidden by 49 U.S.C. § 10701(a). The doctrine of primary jurisdiction requires that the reasonableness of a carrier’s practices be evaluated in the first instance by the Interstate Commerce Commission. United States v. Western Pacific R.R., 352 U.S. 59, 63-70, 77 S.Ct. 161, 164-168, 1…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Orscheln Bros. Truck Lines, Inc. v. Zenith Electric Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990