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

Decision Date24 March 2010
Docket NumberNos. 08-1553, 08-1554.,s. 08-1553, 08-1554.
PartiesKAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA LTD. et al., Petitioners, v. REGAL-BELOIT CORP. et al. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Petitioner, v. Regal-Beloit Corporation et al.
CourtU.S. Supreme Court
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J. Scott Ballenger (argued), Washington, D.C., for petitioners in Docket No. 08-1554.

Anthony Yang for U.S. as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting petitioners in Docket No. 08-1554.

David C. Frederick, Washington, D.C., for respondents in Docket No. 08-1554.

J. Michael Hemmer, Raymond J. Hasiak, Union Pacific Railroad Co., Omaha, NE, Leslie McMurray, Valley Village, CA, Maureen E. Mahoney, Counsel of Record, J. Scott Ballenger, Lori Alvino McGill, Jason R. Burt, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C., Petitioner Union Pacific Railroad Co.

John P. Meade, Washington, D.C., Alan Nakazawa, Cogswell Nakazawa & Chang, LLP, Long Beach, CA, Kathleen M. Sullivan, Counsel of Record, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY, Daniel H. Bromberg, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, for Petitioners Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. and "K" Line America, Inc.

Dennis A. Cammarano, Cammarano & Sirna, LLP, Long Beach, CA, Erin Glenn Busby, Houston, TX, David C. Frederick, Counsel of Record, Brendan J. Crimmins, Melanie L. Bostwick, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Respondents.

John P. Meade, Washington, D.C., Alan Nakazawa, Cogswell Nakazawa & Chang, LLP, Long Beach, CA, Kathleen M. Sullivan, Counsel of Record, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, New York, NY, Daniel H. Bromberg, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, for Petitioners Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. and "K" Line America, Inc.

J. Michael Hemmer, Raymond J. Hasiak, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Omaha, NE, Leslie McMurray, Valley Village, CA, Maureen E. Mahoney, Counsel of Record, J. Scott Ballenger, Lori Alvino McGill, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner Union Pacific Railroad Co.

Justice KENNEDY delivered the opinion of the Court.

These cases concern through bills of lading covering cargo for the entire course of shipment, beginning in a foreign, overseas country and continuing to a final, inland destination in the United States. The voyage...

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