JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the question whether a shipowner is liable to cargo owners for cargo loss caused by the deliberate scuttling of the ship by a member of the ship's crew. The district court concluded that because the shipowner had shown itself independently free of fault in respect of the crew member's act, it was entitled to exoneration from liability under applicable provisions of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act of 1936...
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