Legal Opinion
Alliance Shippers, Inc. v. Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 3, 1988No. 86-6716PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
Alliance Shippers, Inc. is a shipping agent engaged in the business of assembling truckload shipments from various shippers and arranging transportation for these shipments to their destinations. In the course of its business, Alliance purchases trailer-on-flatcar (TOFC) service from railroads such as Southern Pacific.
The Interstate Commerce Commission exempted TOFC service from regulation pursuant to authority conferred by Congress in Section 213 of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980, 49 U.S.C. § 10505 (1982). See Improvement of TOFC/COFC Regulation, 364 I.C.C. 731 (1981), aff'd, American…
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