Seawinds, Ltd. v. Nedlloyd Lines

846 F.2d 586 1988 A.M.C. 2704 SEAWINDS, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEDLLOYD LINES, B.V.; Royal Nedlloyd Group, N.V.; KNSM Lines, B.V.; American President Companies, Ltd.; American President Lines, Ltd. Sea-Land Corporation; Sea-Land Service, Inc.; Dampskibsselskabet AF 1912 A/S; A/S Dampskibsselskabet Svendborg; A.P. Moller-Maersk Line; Hapag-Lloyd Aktiengesellschaft; Intercontinental Transport (ICT) B.V., Defendants-Appellees. No. 87-2363. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 14, 1988. Decided May 16, 1988. Thomas R. Fahrner, Michele C. Jackson, Michael R. Hudson (Furth, Fahrner, Bluemle & Mason), San Francisco, Cal., for Seawinds, Ltd. M. Laurence Popofsky, Peter A. Wald, Andrea G. Asaro (Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe) and Charles S. Donovan (Walsh, Donovan, Lindh & Keech), San Francisco, Cal., for Nedlloyd Lines, B.V., Royal Nedlloyd Group, N.V. and KNSM Lines, B.V. William I. Edlund, Walter R. Allan, John F. McLean (Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro), San Francisco, Cal., for American President Companies, Ltd. and American President Lines, Ltd. Terry M. Gordon (Lasky, Haas, Cohler & Munter), San Francisco, Cal., and…