ALLIANCE SHIPPERS, INC. v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP. CO.

No. 86-6716.

858 F.2d 567 (1988)

ALLIANCE SHIPPERS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald N. Cobert, Grove, Jaskiewicz, Gilliam & Cobert, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Ann Fingarette Hasse, Charles Ferguson & Co., Inc., San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWNING, FLETCHER and POOLE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Alliance Shippers, Inc. is a shipping agent engaged in the business of assembling truckload shipments from various shippers and arranging transportation for these shipments to their destinations. In the course of its business, Alliance purchases trailer-on-flatcar (TOFC) service from railroads such as Southern Pacific.

The Interstate Commerce Commission exempted TOFC service from regulation pursuant to authority conferred by Congress in Section...

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