Legal Opinion
Benevento v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 29, 1947No. 184, Docket 20485PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
An impleaded respondent is here seeking to implead the War Shipping Administrator in a libel for personal injuries to which the United States of America is already a party respondent. The libel was begun under the Suits in Admiralty Act", § 1 et seq., 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq., by a longshoreman against the United States and American Export Lines as owner and operating agent respectively of the S. S. Woodrow Wilson. In his libel, Bencvento, the libel-ant, alleged that the unseaworthiness of the vessel caused an accident in which he was severely injured. Respondents,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
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