Legal Opinion
Gold Star Meat Company v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 13, 1971No. 186-70_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HILL, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Union Pacific Railroad appeals from a $3,169.35 judgment rendered against it by the trial court sitting without a jury. In sum, the trial court held that appellant negligently carried out its duties as a common carrier and in doing so caused appellee Gold Star to suffer the loss of its contract to supply a certain shipment of meat to a buyer in Memphis, Tennessee. Jurisdiction of this action is founded upon 28 U.S.C. § 1337.
The facts are largely without dispute. Appellee Gold Star, located in Denver, Colorado, is a supplier of prime cuts of meat. In early March,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. KirbySupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad v. Peninsula Produce ExchangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Railroad Co. v. Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1873
- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by9 opinions
- W. D. Lawson & Company and Washington General Insurance Company v. Penn Central Company and Fort Worth & Denver Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- Eastman Kodak Company, a New Jersey Corporation v. Westway Motor Freight, Inc., a Colorado CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- R. G. McClung Cotton Co. v. Cotton Concentration Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Philips Consumer Electronics Co. v. Arrow Carrier Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1992
- City of New Orleans v. Southern Scrap Material Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1980
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