Usinor Steel Corp. v. Norfolk Southern Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• finding that the Carmack Amendment preempts “claims for breach of contract, negligence, breach of bailment and conversion”
• stating that the purpose of Carmack Amendment is to achieve uniformity in addressing lost or damaged property
• finding plaintiff’s state law claims for negligence, breach of contract, conversion, and breach of bailment were all preempted by the Carmack Amendment
• “Exceptions to the strict compliance rule in both the time limits and the written claim requirements have been recognized.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).