Legal Opinion
Walliser v. Bassett
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided December 26, 1939No. Civ. A. No. 168PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, District Judge.
This is a proceeding under Section 21 of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 United States Code Annotated, Section 901 et seq., to set aside and enjoin the enforcement of an award of compensation made by the respondent, as deputy commissioner of the United States Employees’ Compensation Commission. It appears that the libelants, Blair Walliser and Ken Griffin, were the owners of a sailing yacht “Revenge,” and that on July 2, 1938, while the yacht was engaged in a race between Chicago and Milwaukee and was about seven miles off the coast of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Crowell v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- South Chicago Coal & Dock Co. v. BassettSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Helvering v. KehoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. LawsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
- Kobilkin v. PillsburyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In Re Read's PetitionDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1963
- A. L. Mechling Barge Line v. BassettCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941
- American Shipbuilding Co. v. McManigalDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1946
- Johns v. State, Department of HighwaysAlaska Supreme Court · 1967
- A. L. Mechling Barge Line v. BassettCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941