Legal Opinion
United States v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1958No. 16777_1PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
This suit arises out of the action of the government in deducting, under the authority of See. 322 of the Transportation Act of September 18, 1940, 49 U.S.C.A. § 66, from freight bills admittedly due, sums which it claimed as overpayments on other freight bills earlier paid.
Submitted on a stipulation of facts and decided by the district judge in favor of the plaintiff railroad, three questions are presented.
The first question is: Was the railroad, which sued for the admitted freight due it on later shipments, entitled to recover from the government the amounts deducted…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United States v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Atlantic Bridge Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
- American Ry. Express Co. v. Price Bros.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1931
- Christensen v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by12 opinions
- 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
- United States v. Associated Air Transport, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Doko Farms, a Partnership, and James Porter, Alison v. Barnett, L.D. Smith, William T. Curry v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Alvin O'neil, United States of America v. Doko Farms, Etc., United States of America v. Paul MorganCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- AT&T Communications of the Southwest, Inc. v. Public Utility Commission of Texas, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, and GTE Southwest Incorporated, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1995
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