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MDL No. 1869
Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust
IN RE: Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation is a former federal multidistrict litigation in the District of Columbia before Beryl A. Howell (Chief Judge, USDC). The Judicial Panel's report dated July 1, 2025 lists 6 actions pending and 24 actions historically.
The docket record
- Actions pending
- 60
- Total actions, historical
- 24
- Change, 3 months
- 0
- Change, 12 months
- 0
- Docket
- MDL No. 1869
- Court
- District of Columbia
- Transferee judge
- Beryl A. HowellChief Judge, USDC
- Last seen on report
- July 1, 2025
Source: JPML “Pending MDL Dockets by Actions Pending,” report dated July 1, 2025 · absent from the September 1, 2026 report · first in our series Jan 2024
Month-by-month figures, Jan 2024 to Sep 2026
| Report date | Actions pending | Change | Total, historical | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1, 2026 | not listed | |||
| August 3, 2026 | not listed | |||
| July 1, 2026 | not listed | |||
| June 1, 2026 | not listed | |||
| May 1, 2026 | not listed | |||
| April 1, 2026 | not listed | |||
| March 2, 2026 | not listed | |||
| February 2, 2026 | not listed | |||
| January 5, 2026 | not listed | |||
| December 2, 2025 | not listed | |||
| November 3, 2025 | not listed | |||
| October 1, 2025 | not listed | |||
| September 2, 2025 | not listed | |||
| August 1, 2025 | not listed | |||
| July 1, 2025 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |
| June 2, 2025 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |
| May 1, 2025 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |
| April 1, 2025 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |
| March 3, 2025 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |
| February 3, 2025 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |
| January 2, 2025 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |
| December 2, 2024 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |
| October 1, 2024 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |
| September 3, 2024 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |
| August 1, 2024 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |
| July 1, 2024 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |
| June 3, 2024 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |
| May 1, 2024 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |
| April 1, 2024 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |
| March 1, 2024 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |
| February 1, 2024 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |
| January 2, 2024 | 6 | 24 |
How to read this record
Actions pending is the number of individual civil actions currently centralized in this MDL, as counted by the Judicial Panel on the report date. It rises as new cases are transferred or filed directly in the MDL court and falls as cases settle, are dismissed, or are remanded for trial. Total actions is the historical count of every action ever part of the docket.
A rising count means new plaintiffs are still filing; it does not by itself say anything about the merits. A falling count after a settlement announcement usually reflects the settlement being processed. The monthly report says nothing about trial dates, rulings, or settlements; for those, check the transferee court's docket.
This docket last appeared on the report dated July 1, 2025 and is absent from the September 1, 2026 report. Dockets leave the report when the Panel closes the MDL, typically after remaining cases are resolved or remanded. This page keeps the history.
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Source
U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, “MDL Statistics Report: Distribution of Pending MDL Dockets by Actions Pending,” monthly PDF reports January 2, 2024 to July 1, 2025, jpml.uscourts.gov. Parsed by Settlement Record; see methodology. Settlement Record is an independent reference built from public court records and agency publications. Nothing here is legal advice, and nothing here states that any person has a valid claim. Litigation facts are dated and sourced on each page; confirm anything you rely on against the court's own docket.