Paul M. Garrett, Trustee in Bankruptcy for Metropolitan Shippers' Clearings Corp. Of Washington v. time-d.c., Inc.

OPINION

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the issue whether a claim that a motor carrier must pay pre-judgment interest on shipping charges that exceed Interstate Commerce Act limits is one “arising under an Act of Congress regulating commerce” so as to be within the jurisdiction of a federal district court under 28 U.S.C. § 1337. 1 The district court held it was not. We reverse and remand.

Paul M. Garrett, the trustee for the bankrupt Metropolitan Shippers’ Clearings Corporation (MSCC), seeks a declaratory judgment that interest must be paid on shipping overcharges. The overcharges…