Legal Opinion
De Van v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 28, 1958No. 353 of 1956PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DUSEN, District Judge.
I. Findings of Fact
The trial judge makes the following findings of fact:
1. On or about December 20, 1954, libellant was in the employ of Independent Pier Company, impleaded respondent, as a longshoreman on the Philadelphia waterfront.
2. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, respondent, is a Pennsylvania corporation engaged, inter alia, in the transportation of goods upon navigable waters of this country in interstate commerce by barge, lighter, carfloat and otherwise.
3. On or about December 20, 1954, Independent Pier Company was engaged in loading a cargo of heavy lengths…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Alaska Steamship Co. v. PettersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. BehymerSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Petterson v. Alaska S. S. Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Samuel Mosley v. Cia. Mar. Adra, S.A., and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee,v. Lipsett Steel Products, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Eddie Huff v. Matson Navigation Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Litwinowicz v. Weyerhaeuser Steamship CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1959
- Reed v. Steamship YakaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1960
- Vittone v. American President LinesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1964
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