Legal Opinion
Maritime Insurance Co. Limited, as Subrogee of Continent-Wide Enterprises Ltd. v. Emery Air Freight Corp., Also Known as Emery Worldwide
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 13, 1993No. 348, Docket 92-7672PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Chief Judge:
This is basically a dispute over the proper method of interpreting international treaties. Maritime Insurance Co. (Maritime) appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Sweet, J., limiting the liability of Emery Air Freight (Emery) for lost goods under Article 22 of the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Travel by Air, Oct. 12, 1929, 49 Stat. 3000, T.S. No. 876 (1934), reprinted in 49 U.S.C.App. § 1502 note (“Warsaw Convention” or “Convention”). Maritime contends that Judge Sweet…
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