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Carriers-Statute Of Limitations For Bringing Suit For Injury To Goods
Carriers-Statute Of Limitations For Bringing Suit For Injury To Goods
Michigan Law Review
A recent case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States suggests the query-ls there a federal statute of limitations for bringing suit for injury to goods in an interstate shipment? The answer depends on the interpretation of the Cummins Amendment of March 4, 1915 and the Transportation Act of 1920. The relevant and germane provision of these acts as to the time limit for commencing suit for injury to goods on an interstate carriage is "That it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to provide by rule, contract, or regulation a shorter period for giving notice …
Activity Subsequent To Interstate Commerce, Elcanon Isaacs
Activity Subsequent To Interstate Commerce, Elcanon Isaacs
Michigan Law Review
With the commerce clause as the basis of distinction, courts have divided business into two classes, that which is interstate and that which is not. The first is considered to involve transportation across state boundary lines; the second is referred to business in which the crossing of state lines is not a factor. It must appear, however, in a consideration of the second class, that activity which is local because it has never involved movement requires a different approach from activity which is local because transportation has ended. The former must be analyzed for its intrinsic nature; it may even …