SAIL AMERICA FOUNDATION v. M/V T.S. PROSPERITY

No. 88 Civ. 1522 (DNE).

778 F.Supp. 1282 (1991)

SAIL AMERICA FOUNDATION and Eagle Syndicate, Plaintiffs, v. M/V T.S. PROSPERITY, In rem v. NL BRIER SHIPPING (PANAMA) S.A., and Bowen Shipping Co., Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

November 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham Englar Jones & Houston, New York City (John E. Cone, Jr., of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Dougherty, Ryan, Mahoney, Pellegrino, Giuffra & Zambito, New York City (Thomas L. Tisdale, of counsel), for defendants N.L. Brier Shipping (Panama) S.A. and M.V. T.S. Prosperity.

Chalos, English & Brown, P.C., New York City (Peter Skoufalos, of counsel), for defendant Bowen Shipping Co.


OPINION & ORDER

EDELSTEIN, District Judge:

Background

In 1986, various sailing syndicates competed in the Americas Cup competition in Fremantle, Australia. At the conclusion of the competition, several American sailing syndicates, including plaintiffs in this action, took steps to transport their equipment to the United States. The syndicates hired an international freight forwarder, European Ocean Freight, Inc. ("EOF"), to secure transportation...

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