Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
John M. Whelan & Sons, Inc. v. United States
John M. Whelan & Sons, Inc. v. United States, 319 U.S. 770 (1943)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1943-06-14
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- bill of lading authorized carrier’s abandonment, which was justified because of the carrier’s reasonable actions in light of military occurrences
- mid-Pacific abandonment of voyage to Russia in early 1940 not unreasonable
Citator
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 31 opinions
Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Claims denied.