Legal Opinion
Export Ins. v. Skinner
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 5, 1953Published
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, District Judge.
This is a motion by respondents for an order declining jurisdiction and dismissing the libel on the ground of forum non conveniens. Libelant is a New York corporation with its principal office within this judicial district. Respondents are Norwegian nationals and a ship under that nation’s flag. The suit arises out of alleged damage to a shipment of 1,280 bales of cotton loaded on board the m/s John Bakke at the ports of Huacho and Cullao, Peru, in July, 1951, for carriage to Kobe, Japan, and $6,500 in damages is sought. The shipper was Anderson and Clayton & Co., S.A.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States Merchants' & Shippers' Ins. v. A/S Den Norske Afrika Og Australie LineCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- Cerro De Pasco Copper Corp. v. Knut Knutsen, O. A. S.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
- Cerro De Pasco Copper Corp. v. Knut Knutsen O.A.SDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1951
- United States Merchants' & Shippers' Ins. v. A/s Den Norske Afrika Og Australie LinieDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1932
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. the Republica De VenezuelaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1952