Global Van Lines, Inc. v. United States

These cases, which were tried jointly, arose out of the transportation by plaintiff, under Government bills of lading issued by the Department of Defense, of household goods belonging to military personnel. The shipments moved between points in the United States and points overseas.

Beginning in 1965, several hundred cases, involving many thousands of claims based on separate shipments, have been *584filed in this court by carriers of military ¡household goods. Some of ¡the litigating carriers are members of the Household Goods Forwarders Association of America, Inc. and others are members of the…