NATIONAL EXPOSITIONS v. CROWLEY MARITIME CORP.

No. 86-2025.

824 F.2d 131 (1987)

NATIONAL EXPOSITIONS, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. CROWLEY MARITIME CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Rive-Rivera with whom Vargas & Rive, Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Luis Sanchez-Betances with whom Kermit Ortiz-Morales and Sanchez-Betances & Sifre, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before BREYER and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.


BREYER, Circuit Judge.

National Expositions, Inc., the appellant, entered into a contract with Crowley Maritime Corp., the appellee, under which Crowley would transport two bargeloads of National's carnival equipment from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Jacksonville, Florida. Crowley sent a tug and barge to pick up the equipment, but Venezuelan authorities would not allow the equipment to leave the country. The equipment stayed, the boats left, and National sued. This appeal...

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