United States Ninth Circuit

In a breach of contract action, the District Court's dismissal is reversed and remanded. The Carmack Amendment governed Defendants' liability for the railroad accident at issue, and 49 U.S.C. section 10502 controlled whether the parties effectively contracted out of the Carmack Amendment's default venue restrictions.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/01/2008
• Decided 02/17/2009
• Published 02/17/2009

Judges

• Before: STEPHEN TROTT, SIDNEY R. THOMAS and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dennis Cammarano, Law Offices of Dennis A. Cammarano, Long Beach, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Alan Nakazawa, Cogswell Nakazawa & Chang, LLP, Long Beach, CA, for the defendants-appellees Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. and K-Line America, Inc., Leslie G. McMurray, Valley Village, CA, for the defendant-appellee, Union Pacific Railroad Company.