SEA-LAND SERVICES, INC. v. PEPPER SOURCE

No. 90-2589.

941 F.2d 519 (1991)

SEA-LAND SERVICES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The PEPPER SOURCE, Caribe Crown, Inc., Gerald Marchese doing business as Jamar Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane C. Weaver, Ray, Robinson, Hanninen & Carle, Chicago, Ill., David G. Davies, Sandra M. Kelly, argued, Ray, Robinson, Hanninen & Carle, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellee.

Frank J. DeSalvo, argued, Aldo E. Botti, Howard R. Wertz, Botti, Marinaccio, DeSalvo & Tameling, Oak Brook, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, WOOD, JR., and POSNER, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Chief Judge.

This spicy case finds its origin in several shipments of Jamaican sweet peppers. Appellee Sea-Land Services, Inc. ("Sea-Land"), an ocean carrier, shipped the peppers on behalf of The Pepper Source ("PS"), one of the appellants here. PS then stiffed Sea-Land on the freight bill, which was rather substantial. Sea-Land filed a federal diversity action for the money it was owed. On December 2, 1987, the district...

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