MINGTAI FIRE & MARINE INS. v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE

No. 98-15088.

177 F.3d 1142 (1999)

MINGTAI FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO., LTD., a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, a business entity; United Parcel International, Inc., a business entity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 25, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Lodwick (argued), Porter, Groff & Lodwick, Long Beach, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Paul T. Friedman (argued) and Ruth N. Borenstein, Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellees.

Alisa B. Klein (argued), United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the amicus.

Before: O'SCANNLAIN, WARDLAW and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.


O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must determine whether adherence to the Warsaw Convention by the People's Republic of China also binds Taiwan.

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Mingtai Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. ("Mingtai"), insured a package, shipped by Gemtronics Corp. from Taipei, Taiwan to San Jose, California, which was lost en route by United Parcel Service, the air carrier. Mingtai alleged that the lost package contained...

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