SEARS ROEBUCK & CO. v. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES LTD. AND OTHERS AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES LTD. v. NATIONAL STEEL AND SHIPBUILDING CO. AND OTHERS NATIONAL STEEL AND SHIPBUILDING CO. v. MacGREGOR-COMARAIN INC. (THE "PRESIDENT MONROE")1

[1972] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 385

UNITED STATESDISTRICT COURTNORTHERN DISTRICTOF CALIFORNIA

Before District Judge Oliver J. Carter

United States-Bill of lading-Unseaworthiness -Cargo damaged by sea-water-Defective cover and hole in tank coaming - Whether shipowner and/or shipbuilder and/or manufacturer of hatch cover liable-Jurisdiction in admiralty-Privity of contract-Contribution between tortfeasors-United States Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1936 (46 U.S. Code, sect. 1303 (1) (a), 1304 (1). United States - Jurisdiction - Admiralty - Shipbuilding contract-Tort. United States-Contract-Privity of contract. United States - Tort - Contribution between tortfeasors.