Swift-Eckrich, Inc. v. Advantage Systems, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CROW, Senior District Judge.

On April 21, 1997, SwifWEckrich, Inc., a Delaware corporation engaged in the distribution of food products, commenced this action under 49 U.S.C. § 14706 1 against Advantage Systems, Inc. and D & S Trucking, Inc. Swift-Eckrich hired Advantage Systems to transport its products. Advantage Systems apparently is a transportation broker who engaged the services of trucking companies to actually haul the cargo. On June 20, 1996, Advantage Systems accepted a shipment from Co-Pack Foods, Inc. in Iowa for delivery to a refrigerated storage facility in…