Sleighter v. Banmiller

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that the doctrine is limited to geographic deviation or unauthorized storage of cargo
• rejecting argument that any carrier conduct amounting to a material breach of the contract of carriage may constitute deviation, distinguishing pre-COGSA cases
• in Second Circuit, “the doctrine of deviation has been carefully limited, especially in the last decade.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).