Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. v. Regal-Beloit Corp.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. v. Regal-Beloit Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 17, 2010
Full case name	Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. v. Regal-Beloit Corp.
Citations	561 U.S. 89 (more)
Holding
When a cargo shipment begins overseas, portions of the trip when the goods are traveling over land by train are governed by the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, not the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Case opinions
Majority	Kennedy
Dissent	Sotomayor, joined by Stevens, Ginsburg
Laws applied
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. v. Regal-Beloit Corp., 561 U.S. 89 (2010), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that, when a cargo shipment begins overseas, portions of the trip when the goods are traveling over land by train are governed by the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, not the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act.[1][2]

References

1. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. v. Regal-Beloit Corp., 561 U.S. 89 (2010)
2. "Court curbs Carmack in Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha". SCOTUSblog. 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2024-10-29.

External links

• Text of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. v. Regal-Beloit Corp., 561 U.S. 89 (2010) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia