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UNITED STATES v. GULF PUERTO RICO LINES, INC.

No. 73-1368.

492 F.2d 1249 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. GULF PUERTO RICO LINES, INC., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 19, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose Antonio Fuste, San Juan, P. R., with whom Jimenez & Fuste, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Morton Hollander, Atty. Dept. of Justice, with whom Irving Jaffe, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Julio Morales-Sanchez, U. S. Atty., and Robert S. Greenspan, Atty. Dept. of Justice, were on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.

McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

In October 1969 the United States Government contracted with defendant, Gulf Puerto Rico Lines, Inc. (Gulf) for the shipment of several thousand bags of flour from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Puerto Rico. The flour was transported aboard Gulf's vessel SS MAIDEN CREEK, and arrived at its destination in December 1969 in partially damaged condition. The contract of carriage between the parties was set forth in a bill of lading issued by Gulf, which...

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