(4th Cir.1993). That section provides: A carrier or freight forwarder may not provide by rule, contract, or otherwise, a period of less than 9 months for filing a claim against it under this section and a period of less than 2 years for bringing a civil action against it under this section. The period for bringing a civil action is computed from the date the carrier or freight forwarder gives a person written notice that the carrier or freight forwarder has disallowed any part of the claim specified in the notice. 49 U.S.C. § 11707(3). Section 11707(e) “is not a statute of limitations, but a statutory determination of what is a reasonable period of time for a carrier to impose for filing a claim.” See Louisiana & W.R.R. v. Gardiner, 273 U.S. 280, 284, 47 S.Ct. 386, 71 L.Ed. 644 (1927) (<HOLDING>); Yamazen U.S.A., Inc. v. Chicago and
holding that an earlier version of  11707 was not intended to operate as a statute of limitation but rather was meant to restrict  the freedom of carriers to fix the period within which suit could be brought holding that the time within which suit may be brought after disallowance of a claim by irs is not controlled by a statute of limitation as generally understood but on conditions under which the united states has consented to be sued holding that for a suit to be brought in the venue in which the contract was to be performed the contract must expressly state where the performance of the contract was to occur holding that the discovery rule within mcl 6005838a2 is an alternative to the other periods of limitation and it is itself a period of limitation recognizing that under illinois law parties are free to contract for a time period within which a suit may be brought  which is less than the general statute of limitation period applicable to written contracts