Fed. Carr. Cas. P 84,020 in Re Olympia Holding Corporation, Debtors. Lloyd T. Whitaker v. Frito-Lay, Inc., a Delaware Corporation

TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:

During the times relevant to the controversy in this case, the Interstate Commerce Commission (“ICC”) authorized motor common carriers to file tariffs, which indicated the rates the carrier would charge a shipper for transporting certain commodities from one location to another, without identifying the shipper by name. 1 Instead, the carriers were given the option of identifying the shipper by code. P*I*E Nationwide, Inc. (“P*I*E”), a now-bankrupt motor common carrier, employed this code option when filing its tariffs with the ICC. Its trustee in bankruptcy, appellant…