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VIERLING v. CELEBRITY CRUISES, INC.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp., 350 U.S. 124 (1956) -- which holds a stevedore owes a shipowner a duty of workmanlike...

ILLINOIS CENTRAL R.R. CO. v. S. TEC DEV. WAREHOUSE, INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Transportation
In an action for demurrage charges assessed for rail shipments, the district court must determine on remand whether defendant was a consignee of...

ANDERSON v. ROCHESTER-GENESEE REG'L TRANSP. AUTH.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Transportation
In an action alleging the defendants' paratransit system for disabled persons violated the ADA, summary judgment on the plaintiffs' claims for...

KING v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL R.R.

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
Plaintiff failed to establish genuine issues of fact in claims that a railroad and its train engineer were negligent, in an action arising out of an...

CORNISH v. BLAKEY

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Transportation
Challenge to FAA's revocation of mechanic certificate is dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, and a challenge to agency...

US v. ALLMAN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Transportation
A gun part visibly protruding from a parcel and observed by a postal service employee created probable cause to believe that defendant violated...

RANKIN v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law, Transportation
By waiting until after discovery had closed and the long-scheduled trial date had almost arrived, insurer unduly delayed invoking the arbitration...

SAVE OUR VALLEY v. SOUND TRANSIT

Civil Rights, Transportation
A Department of Transportation regulation, prohibiting discrimination against area residents based on race, does not create an individual federal...

US v. AMR CORP.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Transportation
In a claim alleging monopolization and attempted monopolization through predatory pricing in violation of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. section 2,...

LUND v. SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY R.R.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation, Workers' Compensation
The trial court in FELA cases should not tell the jury that the injured employee is not entitled to benefits under California's workers' compensation...