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· 9/15/1986

Swift Textiles, Inc. v. Watkins Motor Lines, Inc.

Citations

  • 799 F.2d 697
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 29861

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing that Carmack Amendment \applies when the ICC has jurisdiction over the shipment in question\
  • holding that Carmack does not apply to intrastate shipments
  • character of the commerce is “reflected by the ‘intention formed prior to shipment.’”
  • noting various contexts in which the essential-character-of-comrnerce test arises

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Judges: Hill, Vance, Brown

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