Legal Opinion
Hotung v. Cargo of a Crate Containing Nine Boxes of Documents Shipped Aboard the M/V Hanjin Nagoya
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided September 7, 2006No. Civil Action 06-2904 (KSH)Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HAYDEN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
On June 27, 2006, plaintiff Sean E.M. Hotung (“plaintiff’) commenced an in rem action against the defendant “cargo of a crate containing nine boxes of documents shipped aboard the M/V Hanjin Nagoya under bill of lading no. HK206003003 dated May 14, 2006” (hereafter, “cargo”) by filing a verified complaint’ 1 in this Court, invoking this Court’s admiralty and maritime jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1333. The complaint avers that plaintiff had arranged a shipment of business documents from Hong Kong to his home in Saugerties, N.Y. through defendant…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Kossick v. United Fruit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Shipping Financial Services Corporation v. William J. Drakos, Duke Petroleum Transport Corporation and Omi Petrolink CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- Insurance Co. v. DunhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Ingersoll Milling Machine Co. v. M/V BodenaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Exxon Corp. v. Central Gulf Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
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