South Atlantic & Caribbean Line, Inc. v. Federal Maritime Commission
South Atlantic & Caribbean Line, Inc. v. Federal Maritime Commission
Opinion of the Court
The briefs and argument of counsel range over a number of issues that do not warrant comment or decision. The order and report of the Federal Maritime Commission are printed in F.M.C. 10 S.R.R. 997 (1969) (Pike & Fischer), and there is no need to recapitulate the factual background. The nub of the case is that the carrier entered an embargo on such containers as would by characteristics of origin and ownership make applicable a union demand, accepted by the stevedores in a collective bargaining agreement, for the doing of additional work (“stripping” loaded containers to an empty status, and “stuffing” them back to a reloaded status) in the course of moving from the wharf terminal to the vessel containers that carried a mixed lot and originated less than 50 miles from the port of Miami. The Commission’s order of April 4, 1969, requiring petitioner to cease and desist from enforcing its embargo notice, which it had sought to
Affirmed.
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