Cummins Amendment suit period
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From 273 U.S. 280 - Louisiana Co v. Gardiner · 1927Most cited · 95 citing opinions
neither the above-quoted provision from the Cummins Amendment nor the one from the Transportation Act was intended to operate as a statute of limitation. They restricted the freedom of carriers to fix the period within which suit could be brought-prohibited contracts for any shorter period than the one specified.