Legal Opinion
Motor Carrier Audit & Collection Co. v. Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Decided September 14, 1987No. C-C-86-415-PPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ROBERT D. POTTER, Chief Judge.
THIS MATTER is before the Court on Defendant’s, Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (“Family Dollar”), Motion to stay the present suit and to refer it to the Interstate Commerce Commission (“ICC”). For the reasons stated below, Defendant’s Motion will be granted.
BACKGROUND FACTS
Sometime before April 1983, a sales representative and regional manager for RTC Transportation, Inc. (“RTC”) approached Family Dollar about providing RTC’s transportation services to Defendant. RTC’s agents prepared a written rate schedule, and submitted it to the Defendant.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- United States v. Western Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Armour Packing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Square D Co. v. Niagara Frontier Tariff Bureau, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Central Iron & Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Maislin Industries and U.S. Inc. v. Primary Steel, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Miller v. Armour & Co. (In Re Total Transportation, Inc.)District Court, D. Minnesota · 1988
- Inf, Ltd. v. Spectro Alloys Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Maislin Industries, U.S., Inc. v. Primary Steel, Inc.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1988
- Advance-United Expressways, Inc. v. C.R. Bard, Inc.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1990
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