Legal Opinion
Gardner v. Panama Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 5, 1951No. 22PublishedCited by 293 opinions
1Per curiam
This suit in admiralty, a libel in personam brought in the District Court for the Canal Zone, is petitioner’s third attempt to secure damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained on December 3, 1947, while a passenger on board respondent’s steamship Panama.
Petitioner instituted her first action against the respondent on April 10,1948. This complaint was dismissed October 7, 1948, after the company successfully maintained that petitioner’s only remedy was to sue the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act; that respondent, whose entire stock is owned by the United States, was a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Holmberg v. ArmbrechtSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Southern Pacific Co. v. BogertSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- The Key CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- McGrath v. Panama R.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1924
- Panama R. Co. v. MinnixCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1922
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3Cited by293 opinions
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- Czaplicki v. the Hoegh SilvercloudSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Lathan v. BrinegarCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
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