Legal Opinion
ELGIN, JOLIET AND EASTERN RAILWAY CO. v. Benj. Harris & Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 26, 1965No. 63 C 1009PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILL, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company (hereinafter EJ&E), instituted this action to recover $2,668.89 in additional freight charges alleged to be due from the defendant. The instant controversy involves a shipment of used gunsights shipped from Pocatello, Idaho to Chicago Heights, Illinois at the scrap metal rate of $1.05 per cwt. EJ&E contends that the general commodity tariff ($4.61 per cwt.) applies to this shipment and, since it is statutorily obligated to charge and collect the applicable rate, Interstate Commerce Act, Part I, § 6(7), 49 U.S.C. § 6(7),…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Skidmore v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- United States v. Western Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Far East Conference v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Board of Public Instruction of Taylor County, Florida v. Robert H. Finch, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Kenneth Adams v. Terrel H. Bell, Individually, and as Secretary of the Department of EducationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Locust Cartage Co., Inc. v. Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- National Ass'n v. Wilmington Medical Center, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1978
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