Legal Opinion

United States v. Strickland Transp. Co., Inc

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 30, 1953No. 13863_1PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment 1 entered in a suit and cross suit making claims of under and over charges on shipments by motor carrier of internal combustion engines. The judgment adjudicated in favor of the carrier that the shipments were properly billed at the rates claimed by the carrier rather than at the lower tariff rates claimed by .the government. 2

The United States, appealing from the judgment, is here urging its reversal for procedural and substantive errors. The procedural error relied on is: that, this being a Tucker Act case, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Calderon v. Atlas Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
  2. United States v. Gulf Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
  3. Great Northern Railway Co v. Delmar Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
  4. United States v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
  5. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Atlantic Bridge Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. The Coca-Cola Company v. The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  2. Strickland Transportation Company, Inc. v. United States of America, T.I.M.E. Freight, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
  3. West India Industries, Inc. v. Tradex, Tradex Petroleum ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  4. Aero Mayflower Transit Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
  5. The Associated Press v. The Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971

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