United States Ninth Circuit
KING JEWELRY, INC. v. FED. EXPRESS CORP., 01-57093
As defined in shipping contract, candelabra were "items of extraordinary value," and because federal common law governed a limited liability provision of the contract, California law could not be used to modify that provision, which complied with the released valuation doctrine.
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/04/2002
- Decided 01/16/2003
- Published 01/16/2003
Judges
- T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge., Before D.W. NELSON and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, District Judge.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Joseph Daneshrad,Law Offices of Joseph Daneshrad, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Robert J. Taitz, Shane & Taitz, San Francisco, CA, for the defendant-appellee.