Legal Opinion
Pacific Fruit Express Co. v. Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad
District Court, N.D. California
Decided March 2, 1973No. 44601PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
SWEIGERT, District Judge.
This is a civil action for damages brought by Pacific Fruit Express (PFE) seeking to recover from 90 mideastern, eastern and southern railroad common carriers, an amount alleged to be in excess of 12.5 million dollars, representing compensation claimed to be due PFE for the use by defendant railroads of plaintiffs’ mechanical protective services supplied them through PFE refrigeration cars moving over the lines of defendants in the transportation of perishable commodities; PFE also seeks an injunction to compel defendants to comply with a certain…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Swayne & Hoyt, Ltd. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Norfolk & Western Railroad v. NemitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- El Dorado Oil Works v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by17 opinions
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