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THE RICE COMPANY (SUISSE) v. PRECIOUS FLOWERS LTD.

No. 07-20063.

523 F.3d 528 (2008)

THE RICE COMPANY (SUISSE), S.A., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PRECIOUS FLOWERS LIMITED; IBN Agrotrading GmbH; M/V NALINEE NAREE, her engines, boilers and tackle, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 2, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Francis Chandler, III (argued), Christopher Earnest Klawinski, Hill, Rivkins & Hayden LLP, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mark Cohen, Jeffrey James Putnam (argued), Christopher Michael Raney, Cohen, Gorman & Putnam, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Precious Flowers Limited ("Precious Flowers," or the "vessel owner") owned a vessel, the M/V NALINEE NAREE, and time chartered the vessel to IBN Agrotrading GmbH ("IBN"). The time charter included a London arbitration clause. The Rice Company1 (or "the shipper") bought rice to ship to Togo. It voyage chartered the vessel from IBN to ship the rice, but the vessel allegedly had unseaworthy hatch covers...

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