Legal Opinion
Seville v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 18, 1947No. 11565PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, an able seaman, appeals from a decree in admiralty (a) denying him recovery under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, for a claimed negligent injury to his hand and wrist in a fail on a dock in San Francisco during the loading of his vessel, the S. S. “Sea Blenny,” caused by the swinging against him of a sling load, raised by the vessel’s electric winch; and (b) denying him maintenance because he failed to establish his claim that the injury in the course of his employment was caused by appellee’s negligence.
A. This libel was tried below on depositions and hence…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Jesionowski v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- De Zon v. American President Lines, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Sampson v. ThorntonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1952
- Richard T. Hawley v. Alaska Steamship Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- Bradshaw v. The Trawlers Carol AnnDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1956
- Guillory v. American President Lines, Ltd.California Court of Appeal · 1964
- Vaughan v. AtkinsonDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1960
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