Legal Opinion
Hagans v. Ellerman and Bucknall Steamship Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 11, 1961No. Civ. A. 24578PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, District Judge.
At the outset, it is advisable to point out that all counsel for the respective parties agreed that the factual situation in this case was one of first impression. Insofar as the legal consequences arising therefrom are concerned, no specific case in point was available in this district or elsewhere. The facts are as follows:
On July 1, 1957, James Hagans, the plaintiff, was one of twenty-two longshoremen employed to unload the “S. S. City of London,” which was moored on the south side of Pier 38 in the City of Philadelphia. He was an employee of Atlantic and Gulf…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- State Industrial Comm'n of NY v. Nordenholt Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Cleveland Terminal & Valley Railroad Co. v. Cleveland Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Leighton Beard v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd., and the City Line, Ltd. v. Atlantic and Gulf Stevedores, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Gebhard v. S.S. Hawaiian LegislatorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Hagans v. Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- Thompson v. Calmar Steamship CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1963
- Waterman Steamship Corp. v. Federico Marin Gutierrez, LibelantCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1962
- Fitzmaurice v. Calmar Steamship CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1961
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