Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 15, 1955PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
Libelant sues in admiralty for damages for personal injuries allegedly based upon negligence and unseaworthiness and for maintenance and cure. He was employed as a seaman by the United States, through the Inland Waterways Corporation, a wholly owned instrumentality of the United States. The accident took place aboard the Illinois, a ship which was owned, manned and operated by the Inland Waterways Corporation and was employed as a merchant vessel.
The exceptive allegations now before the Court squarely raise the issue whether libelant’s remedy under the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Johansen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Johnson v. United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Inland Waterways Corp. v. DoyleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1953
- Cowan v. Inland Waterways Corp.District Court, E.D. Illinois · 1954
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Arrufat v. Panama Canal Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1961
- Durrant v. Panama Canal Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1963