Legal Opinion
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1983No. 82-3356PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATE, Circuit Judge:
The defendant carrier (“Illinois Central”) appeals. The district court judgment awarded the plaintiff consignee (“Air Products”) damages caused by a misdelivery to its premises of contaminating cargo intended for another consignee. Air Products’ complaint is based upon the Carmack Amendment. 49 U.S.C. § 20(11) (1906). The district court awarded Air Products the damages resulting from the breach through such misdelivery of Illinois Central’s contract to deliver the intended cargo to Air Products, as specified by the bill(s) of lading issued by Illinois Central to Air…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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