Legal Opinion
Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co. v. Georgia Ports Authority
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 16, 2009No. A09A0980PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.
This is a breach of contract action brought by the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) 1 against Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Company, Inc. and Cooper/T. Smith Corporation (collectively referred to as CTS) to enforce a contract by which GPA leased a gantry crane to CTS to discharge cargo from a ship berthed at the GPA’s Ocean Terminal located in Savannah in Chatham County. The contract terms are set forth in a document known as GPA Terminal Tariff No. 5, which provided the rates, rules, and regulations governing various services at the Ocean Terminal, including the GPA’s…
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