In re: Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge

  1. August 16, 2019

    DC Circ. Denies Rail Shippers' Bid To Form Class

    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.

  2. September 28, 2018

    Rail Shippers Urge DC Circ. To Reinstate Fuel Price-Fix Cert.

    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.

  3. May 10, 2018

    Rail Cos. Say Cert. Rightly Axed In Fuel Price-Fix Row

    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.

  4. March 27, 2018

    Rail Shippers Look To Revive Cert. Bid In Fuel Price-Fix Row

    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.

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