Legal Opinion
Republic Arloading and Distributing Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 3, 1962No. 16698_1PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.
By this action, removed from a Missouri state court, Republic Carloading and Distributing Co. seeks to recover from Missouri Pacific Railroad Company the value of certain interstate less-than-carload freight lost in St. Louis between October 1955 and October 1958. Jurisdiction is established under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1337.
Republic is a freight forwarder under Part IV of the Interstate Commerce Act and as defined by § 402(a) (5) thereof, 49 U.S.C.A. § 1002(a) (5). 1 The Missouri Pacific is a common carrier by railroad under Part I of the Act and as defined by § 1(3) (a)…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Southern Railway Co. v. PrescottSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. RankinSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Secretary of Agriculture v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Ellis v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Lowden v. Simonds-Shields-Lonsdale Grain Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Intech, Inc. v. Consolidated Freightways, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Fraser-Smith Company, Farmers Elevator Company of Traer, Iowa, and Johnson Feed and Grain Company v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Chicago and North Western Railroad Company, a Corporation v. Union Packing Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Blue Bird Food Products Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
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