Legal Opinion
Hellenic Lines, Ltd. v. Commodities Bagging & Shipping
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided June 14, 1985No. Civ. A. 81-3837PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GERRY, District Judge.
Because the soy wasn’t bagged, The ship didn’t wait.
On this point the lawyers gagged: Demurrage or dead freight?
Were that all that was involved, I might avoid appellate censure.
Alas, also on me has devolved The question of joint venture.
This is a suit on a liner booking note negotiated between plaintiff, Hellenic Lines, Ltd., and defendant, Commodities International. The plaintiff claims that the defendant breached the booking note by failing to load cargo when the plaintiff’s ship, the Hellenic Pride, was ready to receive it'. This alleged breach is said to give rise to…
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- Vaughan v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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- In Re Longhorn Securities LitigationDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1983
- Wittner v. MetzgerNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1962
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- Simmons v. WareCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2013
- Liona Corp. v. PCH Associates (In Re PCH Associates)District Court, S.D. New York · 1986
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