Legal Opinion
Association of American Railroads v. Interstate Commerce Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 29, 1979No. 77-1113PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by MacKINNON, Circuit Judge.
MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:
In In re Net Weights for Determining Losses — Scrap Iron and Steel,1 the Interstate Commerce Commission (“Commission”), acting pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 553(c) (1976),2 promulgated the following regulation to supplement its existing rules governing loss and damage claims by shippers against railroads:
Where weight is used as a measure of loss in rail transit of scrap iron and steel and actual tare and gross weights are determined at origin and destination, the settlement of claims…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Sierra Club v. MortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Rochester Telephone Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- United States v. Pierce Auto Freight Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- General American Tank Car Corp. v. El Dorado Terminal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Continental Grain Company v. Frank Seitzinger Storage, Inc. v. Burlington Northern Railroad Company, A/K/A Burlington Northern RailwayCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- State of Cal. v. BerglandDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1980
- In Re Consolidated Appeal From an Order of the Minnesota Public Utilities CommissionCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1985
- Association Of American Railroads v. Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979