Carrier liability limits required notice and opportunity before the ICC Acts

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Prior to the Interstate Commerce and Civil Aeronautics Acts, the Supreme Court had held that even reasonable limitations of liability were void unless the shipper or passenger was given notice of them and a chance to protect his interest. The Nothnazle opinion expounds this approach, and it appears that the special proviso in the Carmack Amendment will now be interpreted in accordance with the nine- The Civil Aeronautics Act contains no provisions similar to the Carmack Amendment. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 4206