PAN AM. WORLD AIRWAYS v. CAL. STEVEDORE & BALLAST

No. 75-2019.

559 F.2d 1173 (1977)

PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CALIFORNIA STEVEDORE AND BALLAST COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

August 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent J. Clancy, Derby, Cook, Quinby & Tweedt, San Francisco, Cal., argued, for plaintiff-appellee.

John Mahoney, Cooper, White & Cooper, San Francisco, Cal., argued, for defendant-appellant.

Before CARTER and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and HOFFMAN, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The ultimate issue in this case is whether the bill of lading concerned here offered the shipper a fair opportunity to declare a value higher than the $500 per package limitation of liability stipulated in the bill of lading, thus complying with the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA), 46 U.S.C. § 1300, et seq.1 The district court found and concluded that the provisions of the...

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