· 2/25/1998
Servicios-Expoarma, C.A., and Orimpex-Zona Ind. Del Este v. Industrial Maritime Carriers, Inc.
Citations
- 135 F.3d 984
- 1998 A.M.C. 1453
- 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 2957
- 1998 WL 78659
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “ ‘Delivery’ occurs when the carrier places the cargo into the custody of whomever is legally entitled to receive it from the car- rier.”
- \[T]he burden rests upon the carrier of goods by sea to bring himself within any exception relieving him from the liability which the law otherwise imposes on him.\
- “[T]he custom and laws of the port of La Guaría require ocean carriers to deliver cargo to an authorized customs warehouse .... Once IMC had properly placed its cargo in the hands of the party authorized to receive it, IMC had ‘delivered’ the cargo.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Magill, Smith, Demoss
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