Legal Opinion
Burkholder v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 17, 1945No. 75 of 1944PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.
This is the second libel filed by this libellant against the respondents. The first libel, filed October 13, 1943, alleged that the libellant was injured when a ladder, by which he was descending from the ship to the dock, fell, and that the accident was caused by the negligence of the respondents in that the ladder was not fastened or lashed in any way. That libel was dismissed upon exceptions (Burkholder v. United States of America, War Shipping Administration and Fall River Navigation Company, D.C., 56 F.Supp. 106), for the reason that it was clearly a suit…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Engel v. DavenportSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Pacific Steamship Co. v. PetersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Plamals v. S. S. "Pinar Del Rio"Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Blamberg Brothers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Imperial Oil, Limited v. Frank DrlikCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956
- Di Salvo v. Cunard Steamship Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1959
- J. W. Petersen Coal & Oil Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1970
- De Van v. Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1958
- McGhee v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1947
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