Legal Opinion
Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. v. Worcester Peat Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 27, 2001No. 00-2004PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises from a payment dispute between Worcester Peat Company (Worcester Peat) and Federal Marine Terminals (FMT) over a stevedoring contract. FMT contracted to load peat for Worcester Peat onto a vessel for shipment to Europe. After the loading was completed, the parties disagreed about the contract’s provision regarding the calculation of FMT’s fee. FMT charged Worcester Peat for the volume of peat it handled through the port based on the number of truckloads Worcester Peat had delivered and the volume of peat in each truck. However, Worcester Peat based its…
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