Fikse & Co. v. United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• rejecting contention that a consignee’s acceptance of the shipment by itself creates an express or implied obligation to pay the freight charges
• “[N]o implication of an agreement to pay could arise by acceptance in view of the express provisions obligating [the non-government entity that contracted with the plaintiff] to pay shipping charges”
• “... no implication of an agreement to pay could arise by acceptance in view of the express provisions obligating [the non-government entity that contracted with the plaintiff] to pay shipping charges”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• C.A.R. Transportation Brokerage Co. v. Darden Restaurants, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-05-22· cited 27×
• Eastern Trans-Waste of Maryland, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1992-11-24· cited 15×
• Central Freight Lines, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2009-05-05· cited 13×
• Central Transport International, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2004-12-22· cited 7×
• E.W. Wylie Corp. v. Menard, Inc.
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1994-10-31· cited 5×
• Estes Express Lines v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2013-01-15· cited 4×
• Western Home Transport, Inc. v. Hexco, LLC
  D. North Dakota· 2014-06-27· cited 3×
• Milos Product Tanker Corporation v. Valero Marketing and Supply Company
  Ninth Circuit· 2024-09-18· cited 2×
• C.A.R. Transportation Brokerage Company, Inc. v. Darden Restaurants, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-05-22

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Eastport Steamship Corporation v. The United States
  Court of Claims· 1967-02-17· cited 1,076×
• H.F. Allen Orchards, Elbert B. Schinmann, R.E. Redman & Sons, Inc. v. The United States
  Federal Circuit· 1984-12-10· cited 373×
• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1923-04-09· cited 354×
• Merritt v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1925-03-02· cited 252×
• Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. Commercial Metals Co.
  Supreme Court· 1982-04-27· cited 186×
• Sutton v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1921-06-01· cited 143×
• New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. York & Whitney Co.
  Supreme Court· 1921-05-16· cited 137×
• Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Leatherwood
  Supreme Court· 1919-06-09· cited 90×
• Consolidated Freightways Corporation of Delaware v. Admiral Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1971-05-14· cited 69×
• Southern Pacific Transportation Company, a Corporation v. Campbell Soup Company, a Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1972-02-22· cited 40×
• Thunderbird Motor Freight Lines, Inc. v. Penn-Dixie Steel Corp. (In Re Penn-Dixie Steel Corp.)
  S.D. New York· 1980-10-24· cited 34×
• Metzger, Shadyac & Schwartz v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1986-06-12· cited 34×
• Baudier Marine Electronics, Sales & Service, Inc. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1984-09-06· cited 28×
• Thunderbird Motor Freight Lines, Inc. v. Penn-Dixie Steel Corp. (In Re Penn-Dixie Steel Corp.)
  S.D. New York· 1981-04-06· cited 26×
• Thomas Funding Corp. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1988-09-12· cited 22×
• In Re Roll Form Products, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1981-10-16· cited 13×