Legal Opinion
Hughes Transp., Inc. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided May 4, 1954No. 525-52PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LITTLETON, Judge.
This is a suit based upon a contract of carriage by motor vehicle, whereby plaintiff carrier seeks to recover the difference between the amount of freight charges paid plaintiff by the United States (as shipper) and the amounts plaintiff asserts are due it either (1) under the applicable approved Kentucky intrastate tariff, as required by Kentucky law and regulations, or in the alternative (2) under plaintiff’s interpretation of the terms of that portion of the contract of carriage which specified the rates to be charged (plaintiff’s Quotation No. 29, hereinafter set out in…
2Cases cited75 opinions
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Pacific Far East Line, Inc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
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- Security Life and Accident Insurance Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Howe v. Allied Van Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Shirks Motor Express Corp. v. Forster Transfer & Rigging Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1957
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