Legal Opinion

Continental Shippers' Association, Inc. v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided March 27, 1964No. 18672_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORR, Circuit Judge.

Continental Shippers’ Association, Inc., is a non-profit organization which ships freight for its members in order to generate enough volume to obtain carload rates and provide other services. It shipped a large volume via Southern Pacific Railroad from Chicago to Los Angeles. In connection with this activity, Southern Pacific had granted Continental credit privileges as authorized by the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U. S.C. § 3(2) (1959), and the regulations thereunder, 49 C.F.R. §§ 142.1-.15 (1958) and 142.1b (Supp.1963).

Those regulations provide that, where credit is…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. United States v. P. Koenig Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  3. Standard Oil Co. of Indiana v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1908
  4. Stanley Chester Bolen, Delores Bolen and Aqua Trailers, Inc., a Washington Corporation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Taylor-Edwards Warehouse & Transfer Co., of Spokane, Inc., a Washington Corporation v. Burlington Northern, Inc., a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
  2. Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1967
  3. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Martin Bros. Container & Timber ProductsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
  4. United States v. Pennsylvania RailroadDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1969
  5. United States v. General Expressways, Inc.District Court, D. Colorado · 1967

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