Legal Opinion
Crispin Company v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided March 28, 1955No. Civ. A. 7284PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONNALLY, District Judge.
This is an action to recover for damage to a shipment of Belgian burlap which the defendant transported by one of its vessels from Antwerp to Houston. There is diversity of citizenship between the parties, but the amount in controversy is less than $3,000. The action was filed in the State Court and removed by the defendant. In removing, it was the defendant’s contention that the action was one arising under an Act of Congress regulating commerce, namely, the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 46 U.S. C.A. § 1300; and, as such, was one of which the District Courts of the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Brillhart v. Excess Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- The Moses TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Mulford v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Knapp, Stout & Co. v. McCaffreySupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Peyton v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Asarco, Inc. And Hansa Marine Insurance Co., Etc. v. Glenara, Ltd. And Anglo-Eastern Management Services, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v. Sea-Land Service, Inc.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1970
- Fireman's Ins. Co. of Newark, NJ v. Gulf Puerto Rico Lines, Inc.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1972
- Robert C. Imm, Sr. v. Union Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
- B. F. McKernin & Co. v. United States Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1976
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