Brown v. ASSOCIATED DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

ORDER STAYING CASE AND REFERRING TO ICC

DOUMAR, District Judge.

This is an action to recover alleged motor common carrier freight undercharges. The trustee in bankruptcy for Express Transportation alleges that Express Transportation undercharged Associated Distributors, a wine distributor, a total of $59,493.10 for freight transportation. Pursuant to the filed rate doctrine, the trustee seeks this amount as still owing under the applicable tariff rates and rules filed by Express Transportation with the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC).

Associated Distributors has responded with a general…