Rainbow Navigation, Inc. v. United States

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Chief Judge.

In this admiralty action, plaintiff Rainbow Navigation, Inc., the carrier, seeks to recover from defendant United States, the shipper, additional compensation for twenty-two days that Rainbow’s vessel was anchored off the coast of Iceland unable to discharge the government’s cargo because of a strike. Plaintiff based its claim primarily on the liberty clause contained in Rainbow’s bill of lading. The district court held that the clause did not support the requested recovery, and entered judgment in favor of the government.

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Rainbow operated an ocean…