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RAIL FREIGHT FUEL SURCHARGE ANTITRUST LITIGATION (NO. II)- MDL NO. 2925

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1:20-mc-00008

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District Of Columbia

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Judge:

Beryl A. Howell

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March 06, 2026
Scholars Back Rail Cos. Against Fuel Surcharge Suit Revival

Academics and former U.S. antitrust officials have backed Union Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern and BNSF against rail shippers asking the D.C. Circuit to revive their suit alleging collusion on freight fuel surcharges, arguing there was nothing collusive about the response to jumps in oil prices in the 2000s.
December 15, 2025
DC Circ. Urged To Revive Rail Fuel Surcharge Collusion Suit

Rail shippers painted a story of different judges reaching opposite conclusions on the same evidence in an attempt to convince the D.C. Circuit to revive their lawsuit accusing Union Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern and BNSF of colluding on freight fuel surcharges.
June 22, 2023
Railway Cos. Must Face 'Lagging' New Fuel Price Claims

Four railway giants will have to face yet another suit accusing them of scheming for years to keep freight rates inflated after a D.C. federal judge refused to buy the argument that the suit made it into the massive multidistrict litigation too late.
February 04, 2021
Judge Says Shippers 'Shoveling Discovery' In Fuel Price MDL

A D.C. federal judge on Thursday rebuked what she called an extraordinary bid by hundreds of shippers seeking an unspecified number of documents concerning fuel surcharge rates as part of their multidistrict antitrust litigation accusing the country's four railway giants of scheming for years to keep prices inflated.
August 25, 2020
Railroads Can't Kill Bevy Of Shippers' Price-Fixing Claims

Four rail companies can't squash claims in 10 suits that are part of massive antitrust litigation accusing them of scheming for years to keep freight rates inflated, a D.C. federal judge ruled on Tuesday, dismissing their argument that some of the allegations were lodged too late.