Legal Opinion
Metro Shippers, Inc. v. Life Savers, Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided September 8, 1980No. Civ. 80-989PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum
BIUNNO, District Judge.
Metro, a “shipper’s agent”, sues Life Savers for the unpaid balance of invoices submitted by Metro to Sentinel Shippers, Inc., a non-profit California corporation formed in 1976 to serve its members in consolidating or distributing freight for them (and not for others) in order to secure the benefits of carload, truckload or other volume rates from common carriers.
Acting in that capacity, Sentinel was. exempted from I.C.C. regulation under those provisions of the statute and regulations applicable to “freight forwarders” who hold themselves out to the general…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. FinkSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Consolidated Freightways Corporation of Delaware v. Admiral CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- Southern Pacific Company, a Corporation of the State of Delaware v. Miller Abattoir Company, a Corporation of the State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Wheaton Brass WorksSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1950
- Freight Forwarders Institute v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Central States Trucking Company v. J.R. Simplot CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
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- In Re Jewelers Shipping Ass'nUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Rhode Island · 1989