· 2/27/1984
Sun Line Greece Special Shipping Co. v. Panama Canal Commission
Citations
- 583 F. Supp. 1180
- 1984 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19127
How courts have described this case
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- “The thrust of our cases has been to seek to arrive at the parties’ intent and to search for some degree of certainty and predictability”
- in which US Lines itself argued that containers are COGSA packages, albeit unsuccessfully in the circumstances presented in that case
- bill of lading specifically set forth number of cartons of tinned ham
- carrier's liability to consignee under contract of carriage
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Judges: Wicker
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