Legal Opinion
Murillo Ltda. v. the Bio Bio, the Paraguay, the Argentina
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 10, 1955PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, District Judge.
This is a motion by respondents for an order declining jurisdiction and dismissing the libel on the grounds that the parties have consented in advance to exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Sweden and that this tribunal is an inconvenient forum. The suit is for shortage from three shipments of iron bars moving from Antwerp, Belgium, to Arica, Chile, aboard the S. S. Paraguay, S. S. Argentina and S. S. Bio Bio in June, July and August of 1953, respectively. The respondent vessels are under the Swedish flag and owned by the respondent Swedish corpo ration,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Lauritzen v. LarsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- The BelgenlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Mason v. Ship BlaireauSupreme Court of the United States · 1804
- Krenger v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Takemura & Company v. the SS Tsuneshima MaruDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1961
- Voyiatzis v. National Shipping & Trading CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1961
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