Legal Opinion

Leon v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided April 11, 1921PublishedCited by 12 opinions

At Law. Action by Max Leon against the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation and others. On motion to dismiss. Motion granted, with leave to amend.

1Opinion of the Court

MAYER, District Judge.

Defendant United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation has appeared specially and moved that the action be dismissed on the ground of lack of jurisdiction. The action is brought by a seaman to recover damage for personal injury alleged to have been sustained by him in the course of his employment. The complaint alleges:

“First. Upon information and belief, that at all the times hereinafter mentioned the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation was and still is a foreign corporation, organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. McKibbinSupreme Court of the United States · 1917

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Panama R. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
  2. Brown v. C. D. Mallory & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1941
  3. Caceres v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.District Court, E.D. New York · 1924
  4. Brown v. C. D. Mallory & Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1940
  5. Commercial Trust Co. v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931

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