Legal Opinion
Sears, Roebuck and Co. v. American President Lines, Ltd.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided July 8, 1971No. 47292, 47385 and 47637PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM FOR JUDGMENT
OLIVER J. CARTER, Chief Judge.
The case at bar is before the Court under admiralty and general maritime jurisdiction. The plaintiffs are the owners or subrogated insurers of numerous articles of cargo that were shipped aboard the SS President Monroe in late July and early August of 1966. The cargo was loaded onto the ship at various ports in Japan, and its ultimate destination was Los Angeles. While the vessel was in San Francisco unloading cargo other than the plaintiffs’ that was aboard the ship, the master of the President Monroe ordered the number 6 forward deep…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Kossick v. United Fruit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Margaret Austin, Etc. v. Unarco Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
- Pan-Alaska Fisheries, Inc. v. Marine Construction & Design Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Higginbotham v. Mobil Oil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- JIG the Third Corp. v. Puritan Marine Insurance Underwriters Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Todd Shipyards Corp. v. Turbine Service, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1978
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