Legal Opinion
Newton v. Gulf Oil Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 23, 1950No. 10056_1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.
This case presents the question whether the libelants may recover damages from libelee for a “discharge” under the terms of the federal statute, 46 U.S.C.A. § 594, which deals with “Right to wages in case of improper discharge.”
The facts are simple and undisputed. These libelants and others signed.shipping articles between May 1 and May 4, 1948, for a voyage on the S. S. Gulfmoon from New York to “one or more ports in Venezuela * * * for a term of time not exceeding three calendar months.” The ship did not go to -Venezuela, but went, instead, from New York to Harbor…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Garrett v. Moore-Mccormack Co., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- National Labor Relations Board v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Southern Steamship Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by13 opinions
- James W. Swain, Jr. v. Isthmian Lines, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Earl B. Lewis v. Texaco Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Emmett E. Neathery v. M/v Overseas Marilyn and Maritime Overseas CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
- Bernuth, Lembecke Company, Inc., of the S.S. 'O. M. Bernuth' v. Arthur H. SergeantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Lunquist v. SS Seatrain MarylandDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1973
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