JOS. SCHLITZ BREWING CO. v. TRANSCON LINES

No. 83-2196.

757 F.2d 171 (1985)

JOS. SCHLITZ BREWING CO., a Wisconsin corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRANSCON LINES, a California corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Friebert, Friebert, Finerty & St. John, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

Christopher Ashworth, Garfield, Tepper & Ashworth, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 8, 1985.

WILLIAM J. CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff, Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company, filed a complaint in district court under 49 U.S.C. § 11707, the Carmack Amendment, seeking compensation for cargo damage caused to a shipment of empty beer cans. The cans had been shipped by the defendant motor carrier, Transcon Lines, from Memphis, Tennessee to Van Nuys, California...

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