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Mitsui Sumitomo Ins. Co. v. Evergreen Marine Corp.

Admiralty, Commercial Law, International Trade, Transportation
In an action involving damage to a shipment during travel by rail in the U.S. following carriage at sea from Japan, partial summary judgment for...

Abel v. S. Shuttle Servs., Inc.

Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In an action alleging violations of the overtime pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act by an airport shuttle driver, summary judgment for...

Association of Am. Railroads v. S. Coast Air Qual. Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
In an action by railroads seeking to enjoin a local governmental agency's rules aimed at limiting the air pollution created by idling trains, judgment...

Kurns v. A.W. Chesterton Inc.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability, Transportation
In plaintiffs' suit on behalf of a decedent, asserting a number of state law causes of action related to decedent's alleged exposure to asbestos...

Songer v. Dillon Resources, Inc.

Commercial Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In an action brought by truck drivers who operate commercial trucks against defendants for unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA),...

Sinoying Logistics Pte Ltd. v. Yi Da Xin Trading Corp.

Admiralty, Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Transportation
In an action seeking to attach defendant's property in New York as pre-judgment security for a pending arbitration in Hong Kong, dismissal of the...

Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Chimet, S.P.A.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, International Law, Transportation
In Delta Airlines' suit for declaratory judgment seeking to limit its liability for losing approximately 100 kilograms of pure platinum shipped from...

Meyers v. Nat'l R.R. Passenger

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's occupational injury lawsuit against his employer, Amtrack, under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), district court's grant of...

Tanen v. Southwest Airlines Co.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Government Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's suit against an airline for refusing to honor an expired $100 travel certificate, claiming that the expiration date violated Civil Code...

R&B Transp., LLC v. U.S. Dep't of Labor, Admin. Review Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Petition for review of a final decision and order of the U.S. Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board's (Board) award of backpay and other...