Court Opinion

ID: 9448555
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 23:39:43.769525+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:31:28.968139
License: Public Domain

LARAMORE, Judge
(dissenting).
Finding 6, which is not excepted to by either party, defines a “direct” or “short line” route as the shortest distance which a carrier can physically move in going from one point to another.
Since by reason of U.S. Coast Guard Rules and Regulations it was legally impossible for plaintiff to transport jet fuel by ferry, it follows that it was then physically impossible for plaintiff to use that route. Nor could the route over which, the Government computes the mileage be a practical route since it was impossible for plaintiff’s trucks to reach the destination by use of such route.
In my opinion, the shortest, most direct, and practical route over which these shipments could move, and that which was contemplated by Rule 12, is the route for which plaintiff seeks payment.
JONES, Chief Judge, joins in the dissent.