Opinion ID: 184673
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Single-car shipments of wheat for the two-year period ending September 12, 1980

Text: 13 Normally, this court has jurisdiction to review decisions of the STB under the Hobbs Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2321(a) and 2342(5). However, Congress has provided an exception to our Hobbs Act jurisdiction. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1336(b), review of orders of the STB that arise out of a referral from a district court are within that court's exclusive jurisdiction. Specifically, Section 1336(b) provides as follows: 14 When a district court ... refers a question or issue to the Surface Transportation Board for determination, the court which referred the question or issue shall have exclusive jurisdiction of a civil action to enforce, enjoin, set aside, annul, or suspend, in whole or in part, any order of the Surface Transportation Board arising out of such referral. 15 28 U.S.C. § 1336(b). 16 McCarty Farms asserts that claims relating to single-car shipments of wheat moving before September 12, 1980 (Docket No. 37809) fall within the exception to this court's jurisdiction found in Section 1336(b). These claims initially were raised in McCarty Farms' complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana and were referred by that court to the ICC. We agree that we do not have jurisdiction over this first category of claims. Indeed, we addressed this question the last time this case was before us. In Burlington Northern, we concluded that any appeal as to the single-car wheat shipments moving before September 12, 1980 lies in the district court for the District of Montana. 985 F.2d at 592. Therefore, it is clear that we have no jurisdiction over the first set of claims. 17