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HUGHES v. UNITED VAN LINES, INC.

No. 87-970.

485 U.S. 913 (1988)

HUGHES ET UX. v. UNITED VAN LINES, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 29, 1988.

Certiorari denied.

JUSTICE WHITE, dissenting:

The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held in this case that the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 10103, bars a shipper from pursuing state and common-law remedies against a carrier for damages to goods shipped in interstate commerce. The court reasoned that the Act was designed to establish "uniform federal guidelines" that would...

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