Legal Opinion

Caterpillar Overseas, S.A. v. Marine Transport Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided April 5, 1990No. Nos. 88-3114, 88-3119 and 88-3122PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

The shipper in this case has sued to recover damages to cargo delivered by it to a sea carrier for transportation to a foreign port. The cargo was damaged while being transferred overland by a trucker employed by the carrier from the port of delivery to another port in the same vicinity. The defendants were the port terminal, which owned and operated the ports to which the cargo was first delivered as well as the other port to which the cargo was being transported, the carrier Farrell, and the trucker who transported the cargo from the Portsmouth Port to the…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Robert C. Herd & Co. v. Krawill MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
  2. Illinois Central Railroad v. CrailSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
  3. Steamship Willdomino v. Citro Chemical Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
  4. Jones v. the Flying ClipperDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1953
  5. Petition of Isbrandtsen Company, Inc. Isbrandtsen Co., Inc. v. United States. The Edmund FanningCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Gamma-10 Plastics, Inc., and Cross-Appellee v. American President Lines, Ltd. American President Companies, Ltd., AndCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
  2. Wemhoener Pressen v. Ceres Marine Terminals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
  3. Fishman & Tobin, Inc. v. Tropical Shipping & Construction Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
  4. SPM Corp. v. M/V Ming MoonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
  5. S. Wallace Edwards & Sons, Incorporated v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company, an Ohio Corporation, S. Wallace Edwards & Sons, Incorporated v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company, an Ohio CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2003

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