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U.S. Supreme Court Applies International Intermodal Through Bill of Lading, Sends Claim for Damages in U.S. Rail Crash to Japanese Courts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 February 2017
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1 Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. v. Regal–Beloit Corp (S.Ct. June 21, 2010), at http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08–l 553.pdf.
2 Id. at 20.
3 46 U.S.C. §30701 note. COGSA governs the terms of bills of lading issued by ocean carriers engaged in U.S. foreign trade.
4 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Kirby, 543 U. S. 14 (2004), that a domestic rail carrier can invoke bill of lading provisions allowed by COGSA, notwithstanding contrary state law requirements.
5 49 U.S.C. §11706.
6 Regal–Beloit Corp. v. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., 557 F.3d 985, 991 (9th Cir. 2009).
8 Justice Kennedy authored the Court’s opinion, joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Scalia, Thomas, Breyer, and Alito. Justice Sotomayor dissented, joined by Justices Stevens and Ginsburg.
9 Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. v. Regal–Beloit Corp., slip op. at 12.
10 Id at 13, 17–18.