KANSAS CITY TERMINAL RY. CO. v. JORDON MFG. CO.

Nos. 83-1448, 83-1530.

750 F.2d 551 (1984)

KANSAS CITY TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, Interstate Commerce Commission, Intervening Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JORDON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack D. Rowe, Lathrop, Kootz, Righter, Clagett & Norquist, Kansas City, Mo., Karen J. Steele, McConnell, Kennedy, Quinn & Johnston, Peoria, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Daniel S. Linhardt, I.C.C., Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The Kansas City Terminal Railway brought suit against the Jordon Manufacturing Company to recover an amount less than $10,000 in freight charges due the railroad under the tariffs applicable to the shipments in question. The railroad based federal jurisdiction on 28 U.S.C. § 1337(a). The district court dismissed the suit for want of federal subject-matter jurisdiction, 557 F.Supp...

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