Legal Opinion
Brown v. C. D. Mallory & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 30, 1941No. 7545PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Circuit Judge.
The primary question presented for our determination is whether or not a seaman may maintain an action for personal injuries in admiralty in personam against his employer with foreign attachment and claim the benefits of the Jones Act1 in a district in which his employer does not reside and in which its principal office is not located. The respondent-appellee, Swift-arrow Steamship Company, Inc., is a Delaware corporation maintaining its principal office in Delaware. There was no personal service upon any of the respondents.
In the case at bar the libel joins two causes of…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Panama Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- James L. v. CarrylSupreme Court of the United States · 1858
- Workman v. New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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3Cited by44 opinions
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- William W. Leith v. Oil Transport Company, Inc., and American Marine CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- Haskins v. Point Towing Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- James R. Hartley v. Sioux City and New Orleans Barge Lines, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
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