Free Order on Motion to Dismiss - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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Case 3:02-cv-01991-CFD Document 52 Filed O9/15/2004 Page 1 of 1 j
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DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
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(As Subrogee of TRADE ARBED, INC.) :
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Pending is Defendants’ Langesund, D.A. and Atlantic Ice Carriers, B.V., Motion ig) Stay
Pending Arbitration and Motion to Dismiss Cross-Claims [Doc. #31].
The Motion to Stay Pending Arbitratic-n is GRANTED. United States General Maritime
law and the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 46 U.S.C. Appx. § 1300, g sql. apply, andthe bills of
lading validly incorporate the November 13, 2001 charter party, including the arbitration clause.
Thus, the claims ofthe plaintiff are stayed pending arbitration in London. E Continental Ins.
Co. v. Polish Steamship Co., 346 F.3d 281 (2d Cir. 2003).
The Motion to Dismiss Cross-Claims is GRANTED, absent objection, in light of the
ruling above on the Motion to Stay.
IT IS SO ORDERED. I
Dated at Hartford, Connecticut this _; 1 {E1}; of September, 2004.
II I CHRISTOPHER F. DROJNEY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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