Legal Opinion
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Greentree Transportation Trucking Co. Dave Saunders Trucking, Greentree Transportation Trucking Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 16, 2002No. 00-3326PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
POLLAK, District Judge.
This case involves a shipment of cigarettes, a train derailment, and a stolen trailer. The issues before this court are whether the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act applies to the case at hand and, if so, whether the District Court properly entered summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff railroad.
I. Background
A large quantity of cigarettes was to be sent-first by train and then by ship-from Atlanta to Tokyo. The Atlanta shipper of the cigarettes was Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co., the Tokyo consignee was Sumitomo Corp., and the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Elmore & StahlSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Reider v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Mexican Light & Power Co. v. Texas Mexican Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
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