August 16, 2019
The D.C. Circuit on Friday unanimously rejected a bid by rail shippers for class certification in long-running multidistrict litigation that accuses four of the country's largest railroads of conspiring to fix fuel surcharges.
September 28, 2018
Rail shippers accusing the four largest U.S. rail companies of fixing fuel surcharges urged a D.C. Circuit panel Friday to undo a lower-court order nixing class certification, asserting in oral arguments that a district judge applied too great a burden at an early phase of the case.
May 10, 2018
The four largest U.S. rail companies asked the D.C. Circuit to uphold the nixed class certification of shippers that allege the railroad giants colluded to fix fuel surcharges, arguing the shippers failed to address fatal flaws in the damages calculation for an improper class with widely varying circumstances.
March 27, 2018
A group of rail shippers asked the D.C. Circuit Monday to revive their class certification bid in long-running litigation accusing railroad giants of conspiring to fix fuel surcharges, saying a D.C. federal judge's grounds for denying certification on remand were erroneous.