Legal Opinion

Aluminum Products Distributors, Inc. v. Aaacon Auto Transport, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided March 9, 1977No. 76-1053PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

The main issue presented in this appeal concerns the validity of an arbitration clause contained in a contract between a shipper and a carrier in interstate commerce. Aluminum Products Distributors, Inc., the shipper, entered into a contract with Aaacon Auto Transport, Inc., the carrier, whereby Aaacon agreed to drive Aluminum’s 1973 Lincoln Continental automobile from Linden, New Jersey to Palm Springs, California. En route to California, Aaacon’s driver drove the vehicle off the road in Oklahoma and totally demolished the automobile.

Aluminum brought suit against…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Donovan v. City of DallasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Aaacon Auto Transport, Inc. v. JacobsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
  3. Aaacon Auto Transport, Inc. v. LevineCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972

3Cited by16 opinions

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  2. Juliet M. D. Anton v. Greyhound Van Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
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  4. North Georgia Electric Membership Corporation v. City of Calhoun, Georgia, a Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
  5. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. First Republicbank Corp., Tgx Corp. v. Gloria Annette Turner Simmons, Cross-Appellees v. Greenwich Insurance Company, Cross-Appellants. Gaylon D. Simmons, Cross-Appellees v. J.C. Templeton, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993

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