Legal Opinion
National Air Freight Forwarding Corp. v. Civil Aeronautics Board
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 10, 1952No. 10630PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Circuit Judge.
Air freight forwarders, like their surface counterparts, are common carriers who consolidate individual shipments into bulk lots for transportation. In addition, they perform certain other services, such as picking up freight at point of origin, delivering it to its ultimate destination from air terminals, and planning the routing of shipments. Forwarders do not themselves perform the basic transportation; this is done by an underlying air or surface carrier. The charge to shippers for the forwarder’s service is an amount equal to or slightly in excess of the rate which…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- New York v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Federal Security Administrator v. Quaker Oats Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Claridge Apartments Co. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Jet Air Freight v. Jet Air Freight Delivery, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1972
- Continental Southern Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- United States v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1961
- ABC Air Freight Co. v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
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