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Du PONT de NEMOURS INTERNATIONAL S.A. v. S. S. MORMACVEGA

No. 11, Docket 73-1376.

493 F.2d 97 (1974)

Du PONT de NEMOURS INTERNATIONAL S.A. and E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. S. S. MORMACVEGA, her engines, boilers, etc., and Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan S. Loesberg, New York City (Andrew R. Colmant, Thomas D. Toy, and Hill, Rivkins, McGowan & Carey, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

John H. Reilly, Jr., New York City (W. Shelby Coates, Jr., and Hyde, Dickerson & Reilly, New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before HAYS, FEINBERG and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges.

TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

Once again we have before us for construction the $500 per package limitation of liability clause of Moore-McCormack's ocean carrier bill of lading as authorized by COGSA. This time the issue presented—apparently one of first impression—is whether the stowage of a container on the deck of a modern containerized cargo vessel pursuant to a clean bill of lading, absent a contractual provision or a universal custom to the contrary...

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