Legal Opinion
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad v. Metal-Matic, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 23, 1963No. Nos. 17038, 17039PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIDGE, Circuit Judge.
Number 17038 is an appeal from a judgment for damages to goods transported in interstate commerce under a “straight bill of lading,” containing a “shipper’s load and count” clause. 49 U.S.C.A. § 101. Plaintiff, the consignee of the shipment, based its cause of action against defendant under the Car-mack Amendment, 49 U.S.C.A. § 20(11). Jurisdiction on appeal is premised in 28 U.S.C.A. § 1337. We shall refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court.
The Carmack Amendment, supra, is a codification of the common-law requirement holding interstate common carriers…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- United States v. Yellow Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Riverside MillsSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Boston & Maine Railroad v. HookerSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Company v. Metal-Matic, Inc., Metal-Matic, Inc. v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
- Byce v. American Honda Motor Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Otto C. Doering, Jr., and Lucy T. DoeringCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964