Legal Opinion
Allied Tube & Conduit Corporation v. Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 28, 2000No. 99-3024PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Allied Tube and Conduit Corporation (“Allied”) brought suit under the Carmack Amendment, 49 U.S.C. § 14706, against Southern Pacific Transportation Company (“Southern Pacific”) for damages allegedly sustained to its steel pipes during transit. The district court entered judgment in favor of Allied in the amount of $47,490.15. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.
Background
In June 1996, Southern Pacific agreed to transport a shipment of approximately eighty bundles of fire protection/sprinkler system pipe to Hayward, California for Allied. Pursuant to their agreement,…
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