IN RE JONES TRUCK LINES, INC.

Nos. 94-3079, 94-3397 and 94-3679.

57 F.3d 642 (1995)

In re JONES TRUCK LINES, INC., Debtor. JONES TRUCK LINES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WHITTIER WOOD PRODUCTS COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, United States of America, Intervenor. JONES TRUCK LINES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WEST KENTUCKY PLATE GLASS, INC., Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Intervenor, v. JONES TRUCK LINES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WHITE MOP WRINGER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. JONES TRUCK LINES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PITT PLASTICS, INC., Defendant-Appellee. Jones Truck Lines, Plaintiff-Appellant, Wilbur Curtis Company, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, Jones Truck Lines, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, KW Industries, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, Jones Truck Lines, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, Union Metal Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, Jones Truck Lines, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant Trussbilt, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, Jones Truck Lines, Plaintiff-Appellant, Surrey, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, Jones Truck Lines, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, United Electric Company, Defendant-Appellee, Jones Truck Lines, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, Scotts Liquid Gold, Inc., Defendant, Jones Truck Lines, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, Service Wire Company, Defendant-Appellee, Jones Truck Lines, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, Alan Wire Company, doing business as Regency Wire & Cable Division, Defendant-Appellee. JONES TRUCK LINES, INC. Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHLAND FURNITURE, INC., Defendant-Appellee, United States of America, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Turner Coleman, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellant.

Don A. Smith, Fort Smith, AR, argued (William J. Augello, George Carl Pezold and Raymond A. Selvaggio, Huntington, NY, on the brief), for appellees Whittier Wood in 94-3079, Alan Wire Co., Service Wire Co., Scotts Liquid Gold, United Electric Co., Surrey, Trussbilt, Union Metal Corp., KW Ind., Wilbur Curtis Co., Pitt Plastics, White Mop Wringer Co., KY Plate Glass in 94-3397, and Southland Furniture in 94-3679.

Theodore K. Kalick of the I.C.C. (Virginia Strasser, with the ICC, Frank W. Hunger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul K. Holmes, U.S. Atty., and Anthony Steinmeyer and Peter R. Maier, from the Dept. of Justice, on the brief), for the Intervenor, USA.

Before WOLLMAN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and EISELE, Senior District Judge.


DIANA E. MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Jones Truck Lines, Inc. (Jones) appeals from summary judgments entered in favor of a number of shippers. The district court1 concluded that the Negotiated Rates Act of 1993 (NRA) prevented Jones from recovering undercharges from the shippers. Jones argues that the NRA does not apply to a carrier in bankruptcy and that such an application would be an unconstitutional taking. We affirm.

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