Legal Opinion
Harper v. United States Seafoods LP
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 29, 2002No. 01-35264PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge.
This case calls for us to decide whether an admiralty statute that requires the master of a fishing vessel to “make an ... agreement in writing” with each crew-member before a voyage also requires the master’s signature on the agreement. 46 U.S.C. § 10601. Although the predecessor statute dates from the late 1770s, surprisingly, this is a question of first impression in the Ninth Circuit. The district court granted partial summary judgment in favor of a seaman who was employed under a contract that the master did not sign. The district court held that the…
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- Elias Flores, Jose Toledo, and the Class of Similarly Situated Persons Who Worked Aboard the Factory Trawlers Ocean Rover, American Triumph, Northern Eagle, Northern Hawk, Northern Jaeger, and Katie Ann v. American Seafoods Company American Seafoods Company LLC Ocean Rover F/t American Triumph F/t Northern Eagle F/t Northern Hawk F/t Northern Jaeger F/t Katie Ann F/t, Their Engines, Tackle, Equipment, Appurtenances, Freights, and Cargo, in Rem, Elias Flores, Jose Toledo, and the Class of Similarly Situated Persons Who Worked Aboard the Factory Trawlers Ocean Rover, American Triumph, Northern Eagle, Northern Hawk, Northern Jaeger, and Katie Ann v. American Seafoods Company and American Seafoods Company Llc, Ocean Rover F/t American Triumph F/t Northern Eagle F/t Northern Hawk F/t Northern Jaeger F/t Katie Ann F/t, Their Engines, Tackle, Equipment, Appurtenances, Freights, and Cargo, in Rem, Elias Flores, Jose Toledo, and the Class of Similarly Situated Persons Who Worked Aboard the Factory Trawlers Ocean Rover, American Triumph, Northern Eagle, Northern Hawk, Northern Jaeger, and Katie Ann v. American Seafoods Company and American Seafoods Company Llc, Ocean Rover F/t American Triumph F/t Northern Eagle F/t Northern Hawk F/t Northern Jaeger F/t Katie Ann F/t, Their Engines, Tackle, Equipment, Appurtenances, Freights, and Cargo, in RemCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
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