Legal Opinion
E. B. Ackerman Importing Co. v. City of Los Angeles
California Supreme Court
Decided August 11, 1964No. L. A. No. 27588PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeek, J.
Plaintiffs appeal from a summary judgment in favor of defendant City of Los Angeles in an action brought *596to recover for damage to plaintiffs’ goods. The merchandise was stored in a transit shed located on a pier in Los Angeles Harbor, owned by the defendant city, and maintained by its harbor department.
Some of the plaintiffs’ goods which had been placed in the shed were, on March 12, 1956, awaiting transfer for export to a vessel of the Grace Line, Inc., while the remainder of such goods had been unloaded from other ships of that carrier and were awaiting delivery to their consignees. On the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Far East Conference v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Tunkl v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963
- Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Southwestern Sugar & Molasses Co. v. River Terminals Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- California v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
3Cited by11 opinions
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- Shernoff v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1975
- Masonite Corp. v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.California Court of Appeal · 1976
- S. S. Kresge Co. v. Port of LongviewCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1977
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