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Breman's Express Co. v. Mitchell Milling Co. (In Re Breman's Express Co.)

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Decided October 31, 1988No. 19-20426PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BERNARD MARKOVITZ, Bankruptcy Judge.

This Court is cognizant of the substantial appellate precedent creating and setting in concrete the “filed rate doctrine”. This Court is also aware of its duty to comply with the directives and precedent tendered by courts having superior status. However, the recent overhaul of the Interstate Commerce Act demonstrates that deregulation was and is the Congressional mandate. Congress decided to sanction the flexibility of deregulation and to supplant the rigidity of regulation. The spirit of the overhaul revolves around a freedom of the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Consolo v. Federal Maritime CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Keogh v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
  3. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  4. Square D Co. v. Niagara Frontier Tariff Bureau, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. FinkSupreme Court of the United States · 1919

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Orscheln Bros. Truck Lines, Inc. v. Ferguson Manufacturing, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1990
  2. Delta Traffic v. Transtop Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1989
  3. Still v. Salem Carpet Mills, Inc. (In re Southwest Equipment Rental, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1989

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