Legal Opinion
Season-All Industries, Inc. v. Merchant Shippers
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 10, 1976No. Civ. A. 74-264PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEBER, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a manufacturer of storm windows in Indiana, Pennsylvania, agreed with a contractor to furnish storm windows to be installed at Eielson Air Force Base, Fairbanks, Alaska. Plaintiff made arrangement with the defendant, Merchant Shippers, a freight forwarder, for shipment of said windows. The function of a freight forwarder is to arrange for the shipment of goods by various common carriers from the point of origin to the point of destination.
Merchant Shippers secured the use of five “piggy back” trailers from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and two “piggy…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Elmore & StahlSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad v. Acme Fast Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. C. C. Whitnack Produce Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- United States v. Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company, Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company v. United States Fo AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Moorehead v. General Motors Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1977
- Season-All Industries, Inc. v. Merchant ShippersDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- Drexel v. Union Prescription Centers, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1977
- Loose v. Consolidated Rail Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
- Beautifax, Inc. v. Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1985
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