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