Legal Opinion
Fink v. Shepard Steamship Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided March 4, 1948PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Action by Fred W. Fink against Shepard Steamship Company to recover for injuries sustained while plaintiff was employed as a seaman on a vessel owned by the United States through the War Shipping Administration and operated by defendant under a general agency service agreement. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
REVERSED AND REMANDED. This case, like Hust v. Moore-McCormack Lines, 328 U.S. 707,90 L.ed. 1534, 66 S.Ct. 1218 (reversing 176 Or. 662,158 P.2d 275), is concerned with the rights of seamen to recover for injuries sustained while employed on United States vessels as employees…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited13 opinions
- National Labor Relations Board v. Hearst Publications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Standard Oil Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- American Stevedores, Inc. v. PorelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Brady v. Roosevelt Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Johnson v. United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
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3Cited by6 opinions
- City of Portland v. DuntleyOregon Supreme Court · 1949
- Fink v. Shepard Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- McAllister v. Cosmopolitan Shipping Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- Carslund v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1950
- Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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