Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Gibson v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

404 U.S. 855

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1971-10-12
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • “In this bill of lading, a contract of adhesion prepared by the carrier ..., limitations of liability are to be construed most strongly against the parties who introduced them into the contract.”
  • “it was [Congress’] intention that all methods of reviewing NRAB awards be barred unless ‘begun within two years from the time the cause of action accrues under the award of the division of the Adjustment Board, and not after’”
  • same operative language as in Rupp, supra, and same result
  • noting inconsistent decisions within the Seventh Circuit

Citator

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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.