Orient Overseas Container Line (UK) Ltd. v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

HEWITT, Judge.

This is a suit by a common carrier for reimbursement of costs associated with the detention of illegal stowaways. Plaintiff, Orient Overseas Container Line (UK) Ltd., con*286tends that it is entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred in connection with the stowaways, including attorneys’ fees expended in connection with an arbitration hearing between plaintiff and Sea-Land Service Inc. (Sea-Land), its shipper, and interest on the sum paid by plaintiff to Sea-Land. The United States, acting through the Immigration and Naturalization Service (defendant or the…