MAERSK LINE, LTD. v. U.S.

No. 07-1013.

513 F.3d 418 (2008)

MAERSK LINE, LIMITED, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Anne Lobeli Murphy, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. John Early Holloway, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Chuck Rosenberg, United States Attorney, Robert Greenspan, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Before GREGORY and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and JAMES A. BEATY, JR., Chief United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the opinion, in which Judge DUNCAN and Judge BEATY joined.

OPINION

GREGORY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff. Maersk Line, Limited ("Maersk") sued Defendant United States of America ("United States") for breach of contract of carriage. The underlying dispute is maritime in nature involving the application of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act ("COGSA"), 46 U.S.C....

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