Legal Opinion
CO-OP. SHIPPERS v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ry.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 3, 1985No. 84 C 2359PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ASPEN, District Judge:
Plaintiff CO-OPerative Shippers, Inc. (“CO-OP) is an association of shippers which consolidates the freight of its members and tenders the combined loads to line-haul motor and rail carriers, thereby obtaining for its members the benefit of the carriers’ reduced transportation rates for volume shipping. In March of 1983, CO-OP delivered a trailer to defendant The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (“Santa Fe”) for trailer-on-flatear (“TOFC”) shipment from Chicago, Illinois, to Richmond, California. The train carrying the trailer…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Railroad Co. v. LockwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Hart v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Elmore & StahlSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. CarlSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Quasar Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1986
- Co-Operative Shippers, Inc. v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1985
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