Legal Opinion
Sewell v. M/V POINT BARROW
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided February 8, 1983No. Civ. A81-546PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FITZGERALD, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, Robert Sewell, Virgil Miller, Lowell Shamburg and Donald Johnson, were employed as seamen aboard three vessels owned by defendant R.J. Marine. The vessels were engaged in offshore test drilling operations in the Beaufort Sea. Plaintiffs did not receive their wages for the last two weeks of service performed for R.J. Marine, and on October 1, 1981 each plaintiff demanded payment from defendant. The plaintiffs’ demands went unanswered.
On December 29, 1981 the seamen filed this proceeding in admiralty to recover wages and penalties. Penalties are…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Just v. ChambersSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Walter L. Compton, Jr. v. Alton Steamship Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Pacific Merchant Shipping Ass'n v. AubryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Pacific Merchant Shipping Association American Institute of Merchant Shipping Offshore Marine Service Association Western Oil and Gas Association Clean Seas v. Lloyd W. Aubry, Jr., Labor Commissioner, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, Department of Industrial Relations, State of California v. Tidewater Marine Service, Inc. Western Boat Operators, Inc., Plaintiff/intervenors-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Paul v. All Alaskan Seafoods, Inc.Court of Appeals of Washington · 2001
- Paul v. All Alaskan Seafoods, Inc.Court of Appeals of Washington · 2001
- Pacific Merchant Shipping Ass'n v. AubryDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1989
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