The Cargo Letter

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Section A: Section: Trade, Financial & Inland News|
Section B: FF World Air News |
Section C: FF World Ocean News | Section D: FF in Cyberspace |
Section E: The Forwarder Broker World


OUR "E" Section: The Forwarder/Broker World



New Transport Related Legal Cases

New Transport Related Legal Cases

NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC. v. CAMACHO
9th Circuit Court of Appeals
July 11, 2002
Warsaw Convention: In a dispute over money owed on a shipping contract, a 3rd-party claims against the shipper's agent were barred by 2 year statute of limitations of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0115349p.pdf

GERLING GLOBAL REINSURANCE CORP. OF AM. v. LOW
9th Circuit Court of Appeals
July 15, 2002
The State of California may constitutionally require the disclosure of insurance claims-related information (about Holocaust-era policies) by an insurance company that is licensed to do business in California, even though the required information may be in the hands of a related entity that is located in a foreign country.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0117023p.pdf

Written from wire stories, the Associated Press, Reuters, Hong Kong Shipping News Lloyds & other world sources.

The Cargo Letter Correspondents:
Michael S. McDaniel, Esq., Editor (Countryman & McDaniel).
Cameron W. Roberts, Esq. (Countryman & McDaniel)

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Section A: Section: Trade, Financial & Inland News|
Section B: FF World Air News |
Section C: FF World Ocean News | Section D: FF in Cyberspace |
Section E: The Forwarder Broker World

Written from wire stories, the Associated Press, Reuters, Hong Kong Shipping News Lloyds & other world sources.

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