Legal Opinion
Hoiness v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 8, 1948No. 20PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
Petitioner was a seaman on the S. S. Escanaba Victory, a vessel owned by the United States and operated under an agreement between the War Shipping Administration 1 and the American-South African Line, Inc., the provisions of which are unnecessary to relate here. He was injured while the vessel was docked at the port of San Francisco, California, and brought this suit in admiralty against the United States 2 under the Suits in Admiralty Act. 3 41 Stat. 525, 46 U. S. C. § 742. The libel alleged that the United States maintains offices and principal places of business in the Northern District…
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