Gkiafis v. Steamship Yiosonas

I concur in the majority decision to affirm the district court’s retention of jurisdiction of Count 4 and disposition of Count 2. With all due respect, I find myself in disagreement with that portion of the majority decision which reverses the lower court’s refusal to retain jurisdiction of Counts 1, 3, and 6.

The district court retained jurisdiction of Count 4 which involves statutory penalties for failure to pay wages without sufficient cause as it was required to do by statute.1 It is the position of libellant, strongly urged in the court below and on appeal, that the district court should…