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HENSLIN v. ROAASTI TRUCKING INC.

Nos. 93-16469, 93-16891.

69 F.3d 995 (1995)

Shirley HENSLIN, Doing Business As Car Transportation Co., dba Car Transportation Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROAASTI TRUCKING INC., a California Corporation, Defendant, and The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., a New Jersey Corporation; A.T.B. Packing Co., a California Corporation; Fruit Salad, a Massachusetts Corporation; Wm. Bolthouse Farms, Inc., a Michigan Corporation; Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc., a California Corporation, The Nunes Co., Inc., a California Corporation; The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., a New Jersey Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Shirley HENSLIN, Doing Business As Car Transportation Co., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. G & G BROKERS COMPANY, a Missouri Corporation, aka G & G Brokers; Commodity Transport, Inc., a Utah Corporation; Kophammer & Kophammer, a California Corporation, Adolph & Ceresia, a Missouri Corporation, Moore Food Distributors, Inc., a Missouri Corporation and Mr. B's Fruit & Produce, a Missouri Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 3, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Bambrick, Jr., West Reading, Pennsylvania, for plaintiff-appellant.

Steven R. Williams, Crowe, Williams, Jordan, Richey & Brodersen, Visalia, California, for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, defendant-appellee.

Lee Tarkington Lundrigan, Western Legal Associates, Modesto, California, for A.T.B. Packing Company, defendant-appellee.

Before: Stephen REINHARDT, David R. THOMPSON, and Andrew J. KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

The question in this case is whether the exemption of agricultural commodities in the ICC statute regulating trucking eliminates federal question jurisdiction over truckers' claims for unpaid shipping bills for agricultural commodities. We conclude that it does.

I. Facts.

Ms. Henslin owns a trucking company. She hauled onions, canteloupes, carrots, and other produce for defendants. In all cases, the shipper or consignee...

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