Legal Opinion

Swindell-Dressler International Co. v. M/V Hellenic Ideal

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided October 24, 1980No. 77 Civ. 3812(PNL)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

LEVAL, District Judge.

This action involves damage to cargo consisting of crane booms, steel rafters and building material shipped from Texas to Saudi Arabia in 1975. Plaintiff, Swindell-Dressler Co., the consignee of the cargo, is an engineering firm which had undertaken to build and operate a factory at Bahra, Saudi Arabia, for the Saudi Red Brick Company, (an enterprise of Sheikh Al-Amoudi). Defendant Hellenic Lines, Inc. is the owner of the Hellenic Laurel and the Hellenic Ideal, aboard which ships the cargo was transported from Houston to the port of Jeddah in Saudi…

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Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. v. Ss Hong Kong Producer, Her Engines, Etc., and Universal Marine CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
Hellenic Lines, Ltd., Cross-Appellee v. United States of America, and Commodity Credit Corporation, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
Hanson K. Dreijer, D/B/A Hanson Dreijer Marine Enterprises v. Girod Motor Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
McMillan v. Marine Sulphur Shipping Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
American Metal Company v. M/V BELLEVILLEDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1968

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