Schramm v. Foster

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the legislative history is devoid of any discussion concerning what impact a newly created federal private cause of action for personal injuries would have on the caseload of federal courts
• noting that the transportation business is “heavily tinged with the public interest”
• finding pre- MAP-21 that the proper inquiry was whether a dual-authority entity had acted as a broker or carrier in the specific transaction at issue
• instructing driver as to time and place of pick-up and delivery does not amount to an assumption of control or motor-carrier responsibility
• remarking that the language is “enigmatic”
• “A transportation entity may have authority to operate as both a broker and a carrier.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).