Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Groves

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• noting that the railroad had not identified an “applicable statute that would hold non-parties to a shipping contract liable for demurrage”
• finding that the railroad “ha[d] not offered any evidence of prevailing industry custom . . . that would hold non-parties to a shipping contract liable for demurrage”
• affirming district court’s grant of summary judgment where named consignee was not a party to bill of lading contract where it did not agree to be named as consignee and was not aware of its designation as such

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