Legal Opinion

Union Pacific Railroad Company v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided March 1, 1961No. 278-54PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LARAMORE, Judge.

Plaintiff sues for amounts which the defendant recovered from the plaintiff on account of alleged overpayments of freight charges. Plaintiff’s claim is that the original charges were correctly determined and the deductions made by the General Accounting Office were unjustified.

The issue to be decided is whether the applicable charges are to be determined by applying TCFB Section 22' Quotation 13-A, as plaintiff contends, or whether that quotation may be used in combination with NPCFB Section 22 Quotation 47, as the defendant contends.

The facts are these: During the years…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Alcoa Steamship Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. A. E. West Petroleum Co. v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Jetco, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1987
  2. Hughes Transportation, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1965
  3. Great Northern Railway Company v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1962
  4. Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
  5. Union Pacific Railroad Company v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1970

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