February 07, 2020
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated 31 cases against rail giants BNSF Railway Co., Union Pacific Railroad Co., CSX Transportation Inc. and Norfolk Southern Railway Co. on Friday, moving the price-fixing allegations to D.C. federal court where they'll run parallel to another long-running multidistrict litigation.
October 01, 2019
Railroad giants BNSF Railway Co., Union Pacific Railroad Co., CSX Transportation Inc. and Norfolk Southern Railway Co. were hit with multiple complaints by shippers alleging they engaged in a years-long conspiracy to use fuel surcharges to fix shipping prices and overcharge consumers by millions of dollars, after the shippers were previously denied class certification.