Interstate Commerce Commission v. Transcon Lines, a Corporation Leonard L. Gumport, Chapter 7 Trustee’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate ·

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In the technical language of the Act, an attack on the ‘legality’ of a rate means an allegation that the rate is not a filed rate. As Maislin proves, a carrier has standing to challenge the legality of its own rates. But it is another matter for a carrier to challenge the lawfulness of its own filed rates.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gumport v. AT & T Technologies, Inc. · Whitaker v. Frito-Lay, Inc.

2. “Transcon had on file with the ICC the bureau rate setting out its full charges; its discount rate; and the rules tariff providing that the discounts applied to charges that were paid within 90 days of the date of shipment. Together these filings constituted Transcon's filed rate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. in Re Transcon Lines

3. “[s]hall be applied only to the nonpayment of original, separate and independent freight bills and shall not apply to aggregate balance-due claims sought for collection on past shipments by a bankruptcy trustee, or any other person or agent. . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Interstate Commerce Commission v. Transcon Lines