LOUISIANA & A. RY. CO. v. LOUISIANA PUB. SERV.

No. 81-CA-3011.

410 So.2d 1118 (1982)

LOUISIANA & ARKANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY and Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Luria Brothers Company, Inc., Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Odom, Jr., of Wilkinson & Carmody, Shreveport, Robert K. Dreiling, John P. Legendre, Dallas Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Marshall B. Brinkley, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee.

Edward B. Poitevent, II, and Raymond J. Salassi, Jr., of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for intervenor.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

This controversy involves a dispute over the correct freight charges for certain shipments of scrap iron and steel over a wholly intrastate route.

On December 27, 1978, Luria Brothers & Company, Inc. filed a complaint with the Louisiana Public Service Commission challenging the freight charges imposed by the carriers. Luria alleged that the railroads improperly computed the rates by figuring in increases in the interstate rate which...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases