Legal Opinion
Penrod Drilling Company v. Sam H. Johnson and James L. Starnes
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1969No. 24662_1PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
This case, simple in setting but not so easy of determination, is before us as an interlocutory appeal, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1292(b). The appeal presents the single issue of whether a partnership may be sued under the special venue provisions of the Jones Act 1 in a district in which the partnership is doing business but in which neither the partnership’s principal office is located nor any partner resides. It splices the main brace to state it in more realistic terms. The question is whether the cherished ward of the admiralty — a seaman, whether salt water, pure and…
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- Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
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- Panama Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Rodrigue v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United Mine Workers v. Coronado Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
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