JCB Sales Ltd and Ors v Wallenius Lines and Ors (The “Seijin”) - US Court of Appeals (Van Graafeiland, Meskill and Kearse Ct JJ) - 21 August 1997

Carriage of goods by sea - Whether contract of carriage governed by Hague Rules as originally enacted or by Visby amendments

The plaintiff cargo owners brought proceedings against the shipowners and charterers of the vessel Seijin in respect of alleged damage to cargo carried by the vessel from England and Belgium to Baltimore, Maryland in March 1995.