Legal Opinion
Weade v. Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 16, 1949No. 179PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
On August 3, 1945, at Old Point Comfort, Virginia, petitioners, Mrs. Lillian A. Weade and Mrs. Roberta L, Stinemeyer, purchased tickets and embarked as passen gers on the Meteor, a steamboat owned by the United States through the War Shipping Administration and operating between Norfolk, Virginia, and Washington, D. C. The ladies retired to their stateroom about 11:00 p. m. and because of the warm weather opened both the glass and the shutter of the window which faced onto the boat deck. During the night the second cook of the Meteor entered the stateroom through the open window and raped.…
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