Legal Opinion
AMERICA S/A FRUTAS v. M/V Cap San Rafael
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 12, 2006No. Civil Action 03-2360, 03-2361, 03-2362, 03-4624PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
STENGEL, District Judge.
I. Factual Background
These related admiralty cases all .involved the shipment of mangoes from the port of Suape, Brazil to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania over the course of four months in 2002. The plaintiffs, America Frutas e Alimentos, Timbauba Agricola, and Tropicool (“Plaintiffs”) are shippers of mangoes. They contracted with defendants Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores S.A., Companhia Libra de Nave-gacao, Hamburg Sudamerikanische, and Columbus Shipmanagement (collectively “CSAV” or “Defendants”) to transport a series of shipments of mangoes on the…
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