Legal Opinion
Central Transport, Inc. v. Package Printing Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 9, 1999PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
This appeal raises the question whether a claim of preemption based on the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 11707 (1994), presents an issue of subject matter jurisdiction which may be raised at any time, or alternatively, one of choice of law which may be waived. The action was tried first in the District Court and, after a judgment for Central Transport, Inc. (Central), on its main claim and a judgment for Package Printing Co., Inc. (Package), on its counterclaim, Central sought a retrial in the Superior Court on the counterclaim. See G. L. c. 231, §§ 102, 103, &…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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- International Longshoremen's Ass'n v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Bruce Gilchrist v. Jim Slemons Imports, Inc., and Jim SlemonsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
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