CLARK, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents only a single legal issue, but a vastly important one in its effect on seagoing commerce and the carriage of goods by ships. It is the validity of the "Both-to-Blame" collision clause now commonly inserted in ocean carriers' bills of lading. As is now well known, federal legislation has relieved shipping of the ancient insurer's liability toward cargo and even of its responsibility for negligent navigation; but Supreme Court...
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