Legal Opinion

Strachan Shipping Co. v. Dresser Industries, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 28, 1983No. 82-3098PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a suit to recover carriage and stevedoring costs. Four shipping lines (the carriers) and Strachan (the carriers’ agent) sued Dresser (the shipper). Dresser denied liability claiming that the plaintiffs had been paid in full since Dresser had paid Sierra (the forwarder), who had since gone bankrupt. The district court ruled for defendant. 534 F.Supp. 205 (E.D. La.1982). We reverse.

THE FACTS

Dresser shipped cargo on plaintiff carriers’ vessels on five occasions between October 24, 1978 and January 19, 1979. The procedure employed was for Dresser to pre…

2Cases cited9 opinions

Glen L. Wood v. Holiday Inns, Inc., Interstate Inns, Inc., and Jessie Goynes v. Gulf Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
Farrell Lines Inc. v. Titan Industrial Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1969
E. H. Thornton, Jr., Cross-Appellant v. Bean Contracting Company, Inc., A/K/A Bean Contracting Corp., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
Bartlett-Collins Co. v. Surinam Navigation Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967
Stevens v. East-West Towing Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by48 opinions

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Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc. v. Sears Roebuck & Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
Hawkspere Shipping Co. v. Intamex, S.A.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2003
Lake Charles Stevedores, Inc. v. Professor Vladimir Popov Mv, in RemCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
Dampskibsselskabet AF 1912 Aktieselskab v. Black & Geddes, Inc. (In Re Black & Geddes, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1984

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