Background
Harris, Louis A. was born on April 16, 1927 in Rochelle, Illinois, United States.
Harris, Louis A. was born on April 16, 1927 in Rochelle, Illinois, United States.
Dartmouth College (A B., magna cum laude, 1949). Stanford University (Bachelor of Laws, 1952). Phi Beta Kappa. Teaching Fellow, Stanford Law School, October-December 1952.
District
Vice-President and Member of Executive Commander, Ass’n. of Transportation Practitioners, 1988-1990. Transportation, Rail Bankruptcy and Election Law.
United Shipping Company v. General Mills, Incorporated., 34 F.2d 1383 (8th Circuit 1994 (with co-counsel); Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks v. Burlington Northern Incorporated., 722 F.2d 380 (8th Circuit 1983) (with co-counsel); Citizens Committee to Save Land Grant Railroads v. Burlington Northern Incorporated., 708 F.2d 1430 (9th Circuit 1983); Burlington Northern Incorporated.--Purchase (Portion)--Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad Company (Richard B. Ogilvie, Trustee), 363 Interstate Commerce Commission 298 (1980).Admitted to the bar, 1953, California. 1956, Colorado; 1962, Minnesota. 1967, United States. Supreme Court.
1979, United States.
Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. 1982, Washington, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and United States.
District Court, Western District of Washington.
1993, United States. District Court, District of Minnesota. Phi Beta Kappa. Teaching Fellow, Stanford University School of Law, 1952.
Author: "Unreasonable Practices as a Defense against Claims for Motor Common Carrier Freight Undercharges," Annual Meeting of Transportation Claims and Prevention Council, Incorporated., March 1993. "Liability for Loss and Damage to Cargo under Rail Bills of Lading, Tariffs and Circulars: Basic Principles and the Effects of Deregulation," University of Washington School of Law Seminar on Maritime Commerce in the Puget Sound Region, June 1991.
Company-Editor, Cumulative Indexes to Transportation Practitioners Journal and Transportation Law Journal, 1981-1989, Association of Transportation Practitioners (1990).
"Railroad Bankruptcies - Protections for the Rail Creditor and Guideposts for Other Creditors," Western Transportation Law Seminar, Association of Transportation Practitioners, October 1987. Member, North American Committee on Surface Transportation. Qualified Neutral for Arbitration and Mediation under Minnesota Court Rules.
Member: Minnesota State, Washington State and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations.
California State Bar. Association of Transportation Practitioners (Member, Executive Committee, 1988-199l.
President, Puget Sound Chapter, 1990-1991). Transportation Lawyers Association.
Diversified transportation matters relating to shippers, railroads, motor carriers, ocean carriers, air and surface freight forwarders, transportation brokers, and other transportation-related enterprises.
Experience embraces rates and services. Representation of shippers in motor common and ocean common carrier undercharge litigation. Transportation contracts.
Cargo loss and damage, including risk of loss, under domestic United States. and international cargo liability regimes.
Domestic United States. and international bills of lading. Carrier bankruptcies, including detailed work with Bankruptcy Code.
Member, North American Committee on Surface Transportation. Qualified Neutral for Arbitration and Mediation under Minnesota Court Rules. Member: Minnesota State, Washington State and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations.
California State Bar.
Association of Transportation Practitioners (Member, Executive Committee, 1988-199l. President, Puget Sound Chapter, 1990-1991).
Transportation Lawyers Association.