Legal Opinion
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 16, 1982No. 81-2429PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Judge.
This is a proceeding to review two decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission (“ICC”) in which the Commission ordered the petitioners, five railroad carriers, to refund the penalty portion of certain demurrage charges to Farmers Export Company (“Farmers Export”), the intervenor. Jurisdiction rests in this court under 28 U.S.C. § 2321(a) and § 2342(5) (1976 & Supp. IV 1980). We affirm.
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Railroads assess demurrage charges1 against shippers and receivers for detaining freight cars beyond certain periods known as “free time.” The demurrage concept embraces both compensatory and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Turner, Dennis & Lowry Lumber Co. v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Shippy v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Iversen v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1946
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Oregon Pacific Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Monongahela Power Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway Company v. Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982