Hughes v. United Van Lines, Inc.

How later courts describe this case

• denying petition for writ of certiorari requesting review of the Seventh Circuit’s holding that the Carmack Amendment bars a shipper from pursuing state and common law remedies against a carrier for damages to goods shipped in interstate commerce
• J. White dissenting from Court’s denial of petition for certiorari “because a conflict exists among the Circuits concerning the preemptive scope of the Carmack Amendment.”
• both addressing the sex discrimination claims of male plaintiffs without assigning any significance to the fact that the relevant employment decisions were made by another male
• Carmack Amendment preempted state law claims of negligence, breach of insurance contract, breach of contract of carriage, conversion, intentional misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, and negligent infliction of emotional distress
• Carmack Anendment preempts state law claims of negligence, breach of insurance contract, breach of contract of carriage, conversion, intentional misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation and negligent infliction of emotional distress