DETRICK v. PANALPINA, INC.

Nos. 95-2937, 95-3074.

108 F.3d 529 (1997)

Guy R. DETRICK; Donna Detrick; Fast Forward, Incorporated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Northeast Container Corporation, Plaintiff, v. PANALPINA, INCORPORATED; Panalpina Air Freight, Incorporated; Multi-Modal Freight Systems, Incorporated; Multi-Modal Freight Systems Of Virginia; Sylvan Friedman, Defendants-Appellees, and American Motor Lines, Incorporated; Baltimore Freightways, Incorporated; Blue Star Freight Lines, Incorporated; General Motor Lines, Incorporated; Hagerstown Motor Express, Incorporated; Jennifer Motor Express, Incorporated; Maryland Transport And Storage Company; Mills Trucking, Incorporated; National Motor Lines, Incorporated; New Windsor Express, Incorporated; South Carolina Motor Express, Incorporated; Tidewater Trucking Company, Incorporated; U.S. Motor Express, Incorporated; U.S. Transport Group; Vista Motor Express, Incorporated; John Does, 1-10, Defendants. Guy R. DETRICK; Donna Detrick; Fast Forward, Incorporated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Northeast Container Corporation, Plaintiff, v. PANALPINA, INCORPORATED; Panalpina Air Freight, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellants, and Multi-Modal Freight Systems, Incorporated; Multi-Modal Freight Systems of Virginia; Sylvan Friedman; American Motor Lines, Incorporated; Baltimore Freightways, Incorporated; Blue Star Freight Lines, Incorporated; General Motor Lines, Incorporated; Hagerstown Motor Express, Incorporated; Jennifer Motor Express, Incorporated; Maryland Transport and Storage Company; Mills Trucking, Incorporated; National Motor Lines, Incorporated; New Windsor Express, Incorporated; South Carolina Motor Express, Incorporated; Tidewater Trucking Company, Incorporated; U.S. Motor Express, Incorporated; U.S. Transport Group; Vista Motor Express, Incorporated; John Does, 1-10, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert Paul Stein, Camhy, Karlinsky & Stein, L.L.P., New York City, for Appellants. David K. Monroe, Galland, Kharasch, Morse & Garfinkle, P.C., Washington, DC, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Martin E. Karlinsky, Allison J. Unger, Camhy, Karlinsky & Stein, L.L.P., New York City; Frank C. Razzano, Lisa E. Perry, Camhy, Karlinsky, Stein, Razzano & Rubin, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Appellants. Andrew T. Goodson, Galland, Kharasch, Morse & Garfinkle, P.C., Washington, DC, for Appellees Panalpina; Max H. Lauten, Kramon & Graham, P.A., Baltimore, MD, for Appellees Multi-Modal and Friedman.

Before MURNAGHAN and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and HARVEY, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MURNAGHAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Senior Judge HARVEY joined.

OPINION

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

In April, 1990, Guy R. Detrick, Donna Detrick, and Fast Forward, Inc.,1 abandoned their contract with Panalpina, Inc., and Panalpina Air Freight, Inc. (collectively, Panalpina), under which the Detricks provided warehouse services at Panalpina's Sterling, Virginia...

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