Legal Opinion
Star-Kist Foods, Inc. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 6, 1984No. 83 C 5404PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ASPEN, District Judge:
Plaintiff, Star-Kist Foods (“Star-Kist”), brought this action against the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company (“Rock Island”) and Kansas City Terminal Railway Company (“KCT”) to recover for alleged loss in transit of four carloads of pet food transported on defendants’ railroad during the months of December, 1979, and January, 1980. Jurisdiction is asserted pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1337 and the Car-mack Amendment, 49 U.S.C. § 11707. Presently before the Court is KCT’s motion to dismiss or for summary judgment. For reasons set…
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