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Excerpts from the report: The Transportation Branch of Farmer Cooperative Service has received requests from cooperative traffic managers, attorneys, and others for information on legal cases pertaining to transportation problems of farmer cooperatives. This report summarizes transportation cases of interest to farmer cooperatives that should be of value to management and legal personnel of cooperatives responsible for providing adequate transportation service to meet the needs of farmer members. Transportation cases shown in this report were extracted verbatim from the Summary of Cooperative Cases, published quarterly by Farmer Cooperative Service and prepared by the Office of the General Counsel, U. S. Department of Agriculture. The various cases were reviewed, identified, classified, and presented-- by problem areas--for ready reference. [Problem areas]: Cooperative Association Exemption – Agricultural Commodities Exemption – Definition of Private and Contract Carriage – Motortruck Leasing – Cooperative Shipping Associations – Civil Aeronautics Act Requirements – Labor Relations – Antitrust Proceedings – Master and Servant.