Legal Opinion
Federal Express Corp. v. Tennessee Public Service Commission
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided August 17, 1988No. 3-87-0633PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WISEMAN, Chief Judge.
I
Federal Express Corporation created the small package air express business in which it is an acknowledged world leader, transporting well over 700,000 packages every night. 1 Virtually every package is processed through the Federal Express system in the same way: it is picked up by a courier, taken to an airport, flown to one of Federal Express’ airport hubs, sorted with other packages bound for the same location, and then transported away from the hub by air or truck to its ultimate destination. During this process, Federal Express tracks only the destination,…
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- Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
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