Legal Opinion
United Rope Distributors, Incorporated v. Seatriumph Marine Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 9, 1991No. 89-2592PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
United Rope Distributors, a Minnesota corporation, bought 300,000 bales of baler twine in Brazil. Farmers use baler twine to tie bales of agricultural products; United Rope’s order covered approximately 30% of the nation’s annual consumption of this twine. United Rope approached a New York shipping broker, which booked passage from the Kimberly Line, a New York corporation. Kimberly chartered a ship from Copenship A.S., a Danish corporation. Copenship in turn chartered the M.V. Ka-tia, a Liberian vessel, from Seatriumph Marine, a Liberian corporation with its…
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