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Chestnut v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 24, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 55 of 1965PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HUYETT, District Judge.
Respondent, United States of America, has moved for dismissal of libelant’s action pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b) following presentation of libelant’s case on the issue of liability only before the Court without a jury, on the ground that upon the facts and the law libelant has shown no right to relief.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. On February 15, 1963, John Chestnut was employed by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company as an outside machinist on the third shift.
2. On February 4, 1963, the dredge “Comber”, owned by the United States, arrived at the shipyard for conversion…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- West v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- George Latus, Libellant-Appellant v. United States of America, and Todd Shipyards Corp., Respondent-Impleaded-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Bobby L. Van Horn v. Gulf Atlantic Towing Corporation, and Third-Party and Colonna's Shipyard, Incorporated, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Chestnut v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973