Legal Opinion
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. v. Mead Johnson & Co., and Southern Railway Company v. Mead Johnson & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 5, 1984No. 83-1638PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Interstate common carriers are required by law to charge their shippers the lawful published tariff for a shipment, 49 U.S.C. § 10761(a), and this rule applies even where the carrier misquotes the applicable tariff to the shipper. This appeal presents issues concerning the vitality of this rule and the scope of the “misrouting” exception to it.
The dispute before us concerns freight charges for approximately 400 rail shipments of “milk food liquid” by defendant Mead Johnson & Co. from its plant in Evansville, Indiana, to its warehouse in South Plainfield, New Jersey. The…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. CarlSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. FinkSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Central Iron & Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. Commercial Metals Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Fed. Carr. Cas. P 84,036 Accura Systems, Inc. v. Watkins Motor Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Inman Freight Systems, Inc. And Jim S. Green, Trustee, Cross-Appellants v. Olin Corporation, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- West Coast Truck Lines, Inc., an Oregon Corporation v. Arcata Community Recycling Center, Inc., a California Corporation, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Seaboard System Railroad, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Paulson v. Greyhound Lines, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1986
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