Legal Opinion
Olympic Corp. v. Societe Generale
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 20, 1972No. Nos. 628, 688 and 689, Dockets 72-1019, 72-1031 and 72-1040PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
In November, 1969, the Olympic Corporation of Cambridge, Massachusetts, (Olympic) sold 20,000 pounds of the chemical resorcinol to Manufacture de Produits Chimiques Protex (Protex), a French corporation, for use in its plant in Chateau Renault, France. Olympic made the shipment from New York on January 16, 1970, aboard the Havskar owned by A/S Havkong and managed by the Meyer Line, both Norwegian corporations (Havkong).
Protex had arranged with Societe Generale (Societe), a French bank, to open an irrevocable letter of credit in Olympic’s favor through the First…
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3Cited by59 opinions
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