Legal Opinion
Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. v. Transcon Lines
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided May 31, 1983No. 80-C-236PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*53FINDINGS OF FACT and CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
REYNOLDS, Chief Judge.
This is an action brought under the Car-mack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 11707. Plaintiff Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company (Schlitz) seeks to recover for damages sustained to a cargo of empty beer cans transported by the defendant Transcon Lines (Transcon). A court trial was held from March 28 through April 5,1983. This constitutes the Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 52(a).
FINDINGS OF FACT
The plaintiff Schlitz was in May of 1977 a corporation…
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- Wisconsin Electric Power Company, a Wisconsin Corporation v. Zallea Brothers, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co., a Wisconsin Corporation v. Transcon Lines, a California CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Beautifax, Inc. v. Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1985