Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. v. Regal-Beloit Corp. — Sotomayor, J., Dissenting

Summary

Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justice Stevens and Justice Ginsburg, dissents from the Court's holding that the Carmack Amendment does not apply to inland rail leg of multimodal international shipments. She would hold that Carmack governs domestic rail carriers such as Union Pacific regardless of shipment origin and would remand to determine whether Union Pacific validly contracted out of its requirements.