United States Ninth Circuit

In a suit concerning a damaged sea vessel, the forum-selection clause of the bill of lading should have been enforced at the outset of the litigation since it complied with the "fair opportunity" requirement of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/26/2005
• Published 05/26/2005

Judges

• GRABER, Circuit Judge., Before BEEZER, TASHIMA, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael W. Lodwick, Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP, Santa Ana, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant/cross-appellee., Christina L. Owen and Robert E. Coppola, Cogswell Nakazawa & Chang, Long Beach, CA, for the defendant-appellee/cross-appellant., Simon H. Langer, Beverly Hills, CA, for the defendant/third-party plaintiff-appellee.