Legal Opinion
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, a Corporation v. The United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 18, 1955No. 11254_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Chief Judge.
In 1944 and 1945 the United States shipped twelve carload shipments of war material by railroad freight. Nine of the shipments moved from Garland, Texas, to Proving Ground, Illinois. The other three moved from Chicago to Fort Crook, Nebraska. All shipments were composed of internal combustion engines. The nine moving to Proving Ground, Illinois, were for use in “tracked motor carriages” such as gun carriages, bulldozers, medium tanks and tank recovery vehicles. The three shipments to Fort Crook, Nebraska were “aircraft engines”.
The United States paid the freight charges as…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- United States v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Wigginton v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1942
- Benrose Fabrics Corp. v. RosensteinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1950
- Bowles v. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1945
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- Illinois Central Gulf Railroad v. Tabor Grain Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1980
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