Legal Opinion
Toyomenka, Inc. v. S.S. Tosaharu Maru
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 14, 1975No. Nos. 627, 718, 1347 and 1348, Dockets 74-2297, 74-2325, 74-2365 and 74-2377PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:
The contract provision to be construed on this appeal is no stranger to this Court. It is the $500 per package limitation of liability clause in an ocean carrier’s bills of lading.
The issue arises this time on appeals by shippers from a judgment for cargo damage in their favor entered September 3, 1974 in the Southern District of New York, Kevin T. Duffy, District Judge, to the extent the judgment limited the shippers’ recovery against an independent contractor of a stevedore to $500 per package pursuant to the limitation of liability clause in the ocean carriers’ bills…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Robert C. Herd & Co. v. Krawill MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Boston Metals Co. v. the Winding GulfSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Cabot Corporation and Cabot Argentina S.A.I.C. v. S.S. Mormacscan, Her Engines, Etc., Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc., and John W. McGrath CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Bernard Screen Printing Corporation v. Meyer Line, and Universal Terminal & Stevedoring CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Carle & Montanari, Inc. v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1967
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Brown & Root, Inc. v. M/v Peisander, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Taisho Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. v. The Vessel "Gladiolus"Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Schiess-Froriep Corp. v. S. S. FinnsailorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Miller Yacht Sales, Inc. v. M v. Vishva ShobhaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1980
- Delphi-Delco Electronics Systems v. M/V NEDLLOYD EUROPADistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2004
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